flees

present tense third-person singular of flee
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Recent Examples of flees Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway. David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026 As the dust settles, John flees, but Zoe comes with a gun to finish off Hal in the rubble. Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026 Security footage provided by San Diego police shows one of the youths suddenly pull out a gun and open fire on Wilson, who quickly flees, running through a breezeway that leads outside of the station and onto Kettner. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026 But that’s not the property’s only claim to fame; the home also appeared in The Undoing, when Grace (played by Nicole Kidman) flees to the beach after her husband (Hugh Grant) goes missing. Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 Based on the legend of the Chinese goddess Chang’e, this book reimagines and expands the myth to center her daughter, Xingyin, who flees her home and embarks on a bold adventure to save her mother while training in enemy territory. Chloe Gong, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Holden eagerly rebels against Pencey Prep, gets the boot, and flees to New York City, a place with its own vices and hazards, but without the sort of propaganda and pretense that obscure the school’s dark underside. Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 Ulf’s dragon, Silverwing, flees the scene and lives out the rest of her days as a wild dragon. James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 In the fairytale, the princess flees to another kingdom for a while to get away from the misery brought on by her father, finding work as a commoner to conceal her identity. Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flees
Verb
  • Lead actor Anthony Ippolito, who landed the part with an unsolicited self-tape, disappears into the garbled diction and hangdog stubbornness of a young Stallone without ever coming off as a mere impression of a person.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That story, though compellingly told, disappears for whole swaths of the text.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Out-of-control AI escapes human oversight, commandeers vital infrastructure and kills millions of people or even all of humanity.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Only a failure that escapes every layer should reach a human.
    Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The front retreats to the north, but chances of rain stick around into early Friday as the shortwave (small disturbance) pushes out of the area.
    Michael Autovino, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Havelock neither retreats to the closet nor holds out hope for resolution via vigilante justice.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As the temperature drops and food vanishes, worker wasps become desperate for calories.
    Nick Perry, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Within hours, their yacht vanishes, Matt is abducted by a gang of ruthless pirates led by Langbore (Copley), and paradise becomes a trap.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In species ranging from worms and flies to rodents and primates, caloric restriction produces animals that appear biologically younger than their age.
    Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Bent on tracking down the killers, Ethan flies over and heads to the photographic agency that represents Joe’s work.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Biologically, a plant starts to prepare for seed production once a flower fades.
    Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The background star gradually brightens and then fades as the two stars move out of alignment.
    Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The per-student cost to the state is slightly higher than the amount each student actually receives, due to transaction fees that go to ClassWallet, the vendor that runs the school choice program's online platform.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • That’s why last winter represented such a golden opportunity for Allen or Jackson, in particular, to at last lead his team on one of those legacy-defining Super Bowl runs.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Then, the unit bolts to the van, becoming a secure load that happens to contain a full living suite.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
  • When a company bolts AI on without building it into the way the company works, the company can end up paying a great deal of money for a capability its competitors already share.
    Mohamed Khater, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Flees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flees. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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