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So money is fleeing from software—a sector populated by public companies with traditionally high margins and deep moats—to AI model providers, an area dominated by lossmaking private companies engaged in cut-throat competition.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

This woman, it transpires, is fleeing an unhappy marriage; she invites herself onboard and persuades Jatgeir to run away with her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

“What is leaving one’s body? What is fasting? What is holding one’s breath? It is fleeing from the self, it is a short escape of the agony of being a self.”

From New York Times • May 22, 2024

“Cap-Haïtien doesn’t have enough resources to welcome everyone who is fleeing violence.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

"Your grace is fleeing also before the Swedes?"

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk