How to Use flee in a Sentence
flee
verb
- He was forced to flee the country.
- Many people fled the city to escape the fighting.
- He was accused of trying to flee the scene of the accident.
- The family fled from Nazi Germany to Britain in 1936.
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Police say the suspects got in the car and fled the scene.
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Melissa Noel,
Essence,
26 Mar. 2024
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Police said that the suspect fled the scene on the night of the murder.
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Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Aug. 2024
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The boy and Gomez, who police said are both from Fort Worth, fled the area with the weapon.
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Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
16 May 2023
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Williams fled after the shooting, and Choi died at the scene, the complaint said.
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Tess Williams,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 June 2023
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Gomez and the 12-year-old had already fled the scene, police said.
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Chris Boyette,
CNN,
16 May 2023
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The group fled the scene in a gray Acura with no front license plate.
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Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
5 May 2023
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Their transport is stopped by troops at the border, and the group is forced to flee.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2024
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The suspects fled the scene in a white sedan and remain at large as of March 12, per Fox 11.
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Charna Flam,
Peoplemag,
15 Mar. 2024
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The gunshots caused crowds to flee from restaurants and clubs into the streets.
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Lawrence Richard,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2023
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In many cases, the ships got spooked, pulling up their gear and fleeing the scene.
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Ian Urbina,
TIME,
26 Oct. 2023
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As her uncles pack their things, one of them talks about fleeing to the south.
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Mosab Abu Toha,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2023
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Their country was being bombed, and so many of them fled west.
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Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2023
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The bull tears through the crowd as men run, narrowing in on one fleeing man.
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Toby Muse,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2024
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The insects fled only 47 percent of the time when the robot didn’t flash its wings.
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Elizabeth Gamillo,
Discover Magazine,
25 Jan. 2024
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The young boar fled alone while the sow ran in circles, crashing through the woods, trying to evade this new boar.
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Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
21 Sep. 2023
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The White House told Russians to flee here instead of fighting Ukraine.
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Elvia Limón,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Aug. 2023
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Two of the suspects were shot and injured, while the other two managed to flee the scene.
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Emma Colton,
Fox News,
17 July 2023
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Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled to southern Gaza since the start of the war on Oct. 7.
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Michael Levenson,
New York Times,
5 Dec. 2023
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But even for those who haven’t had to flee, the war has seeped into daily life in ways large and small.
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Ryan Lenora Brown,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Mar. 2023
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Over the course of that conflict, 10% of the population died and half were forced to flee their homes.
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Ayen Deng Bior,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Aug. 2024
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In 1964, the sixth year of the dictatorship, Juanita fled to the United States.
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Nr Editors,
National Review,
15 Dec. 2023
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On the recording, the man on the sidewalk is seen stepping into the street and firing at the fleeing car.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Oct. 2023
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The suspect sprayed a witness who tried to restrain him, then fled, D’Amico said.
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Cameron MacDonald,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2024
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The three teens fled when the train pulled into the Broadway-Lafayette station, police said.
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Christina Coulter,
Fox News,
9 Aug. 2023
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With the clock running out fast, Iris tries to flee from the would-be killer as her nervous system begins to shut down.
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Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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On the way, when Alcala stops at a gas station to use the restroom, Amy flees to a nearby diner and calls the police, who arrive on the scene and arrest him on the spot.
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Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2024
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