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Incoming Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Jan. 14 that two million Ukrainians are dodging the draft and more than 200,000 soldiers have deserted, amounting to around one-fifth of the entire armed forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Nowadays, with the film business contracting around blockbusters, the little pictures, the B pictures and the silly pictures have deserted the theaters for television which, in its streaming multiplicity, has room to absorb them.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

Other Seattle-area Jews speak of bewilderment, hurt and anger at those who seem to have deserted them during a time of pain.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

But some of its most high profile members have deserted the organisation, including John Lewis and BMW.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

Were we more subtly differentiated we must long since have gone mad, have deserted, or have fallen.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque