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- the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn
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- a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room
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“Flee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flee. Accessed 15 Jul. 2020.
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The first known use of flee was before the 12th century
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