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Recent Examples of abscond In the final days of 2023, Natalia absconded from the Manses during an evening church service in Nashville, where the family had moved. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025 Vanya absconds from the house, leaving Ani, who surprises Toros with her strength and invective. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025 Gordon had absconded with the Camargo while transporting ordinary merchandise from San Francisco to New York. Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 The league has existed as a Washington State-Oregon State dyad since August, when 10 of its dozen members officially absconded to other conferences. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for abscond
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  • Also, take some time to examine the perimeter of your yard to ensure any gates and fences are secure and don’t have any gaps through which your pup can easily escape.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • Tens of thousands of Afghans pursued the special immigration process and escaped with the exit of U.S. forces, fearing retaliation up to death with the return of Taliban rule.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2025
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  • In the past, a similar violation might have led to a fine. Petrova, a top-tier researcher, fled Russia after protesting Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine and had been working in a Harvard Medical School lab for two years.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • As the Nazis encroached on Czechoslovakia in 1938, the Löw-Beers fled.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
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  • Books about fictional weddings fly off the shelves of bookstores, too.
    Lian Dolan, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • Washington left the event shortly after the screening began, having flown to France for the festival on his sole day off, portraying the titular role in Broadway's latest production of Othello.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 May 2025

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“Abscond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abscond. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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