1
as in disappeared
to cease to be visible
the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn
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as in escaped
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
a murderer who fled on foot
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as in retreated
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room
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Recent Examples of fled
At least three bystanders were able to contain the shooter in the middle of the stands as the crowd fled and ran around them.
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ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Police said a second man with gunshot wounds fled the scene but was later transported to a local hospital, where he too was pronounced dead.
—Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Following the secret recording at Sunset Ridge School, police said Garcia-Espinal fled the United States before he was arrested.
—Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Like many Haitians, Max loves his home country but fled in 2019 to the Dominican Republic to escape violence.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Marcos’s commanders, confronted with throngs of nuns, priests and ordinary civilians pleading, weeping and kneeling in prayer, refused orders to open fire and clear the streets, and Marcos subsequently fled to exile in Hawaii.
—Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2026
The suspect exited the bus and fled northbound on Rockaway Parkway, cops said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
An employee was shot and fled to a nearby home before being taken to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Some have fled the city, but most simply have nowhere else to go.
—Caitlin Hu, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Police said a second man with gunshot wounds fled the scene but was later transported to a local hospital, where he too was pronounced dead.
—Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Following the secret recording at Sunset Ridge School, police said Garcia-Espinal fled the United States before he was arrested.
—Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Like many Haitians, Max loves his home country but fled in 2019 to the Dominican Republic to escape violence.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Marcos’s commanders, confronted with throngs of nuns, priests and ordinary civilians pleading, weeping and kneeling in prayer, refused orders to open fire and clear the streets, and Marcos subsequently fled to exile in Hawaii.
—Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2026
The suspect exited the bus and fled northbound on Rockaway Parkway, cops said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
An employee was shot and fled to a nearby home before being taken to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Some have fled the city, but most simply have nowhere else to go.
—Caitlin Hu, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fled
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But many smaller festivals have disappeared, victims of the pandemic, slumping ticket sales, soaring food and labor costs, and chef disinterest.—
J.M. Hirsch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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The rainbow crosswalk at Morrow and Watson streets, which seemingly sprung up overnight in 2024, disappeared just as quickly and without warning.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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Ryan struck out Nolan Arenado and walked a batter but escaped the inning when Dalton Rushing threw the runner out trying to steal second base.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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My father and his immediate family escaped from Vienna to the United States on the eve of the outbreak of the war.—
Cary Lowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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That’s double the number recorded in 2021, when the US retreated from Kabul and the Afghan Taliban returned to power.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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One officer fired five rounds toward Rohloff, who retreated into the home.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Her mother, Marlene LaMar, who had helped organize hundreds of volunteers for years to search through fields and gullies after Sierra vanished in 2012, said Saturday she was too devastated to speak about the ruling.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Their dream of Italian citizenship suddenly vanished.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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For three decades, the hum of the table saw and the smell of machine oil faded from American high schools.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Gingrich was eventually driven from the speakership; Buchanan left the Republican Party to run under the Reform Party, and then faded from public life.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
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Illinois bolted an early 15-3 lead as USC stumbled out of the gate, turning the ball over four times in the first six minutes and missing seven of its first eight shots.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Many of them built their businesses on Slack, Zoom, and AI tools, so flexibility and technology are baked into how their firms run—not bolted on as a perk.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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His fast-break flush late in the third quarter capped an 11-0 Nuggets run and sent them to the fourth with a 77-67 lead, the first double-digit margin of the night.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Ohio State’s chance for another marquee win remained alive, but instead of running the clock down for a last shot, the Buckeyes’ Bryn Martin launched a 3-point attempt and missed, giving Michigan the ball with eight seconds left.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Fled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fled. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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