Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abscond (with)
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The film tells the story of a man who is spirited away to the underworld and held captive by a dead woman who prevents him from returning to his beloved in the land of the living.—
Jacob Bernstein,
Air Mail,
29 Mar. 2025 -
Nature intrudes on the innies’ lives in increasingly sinister ways, as when they’re spirited into the wilderness for a quasi-religious ORTBO, or Outdoor Retreat and Team Building Occurrence.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2025
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Guerilla artists, tagging walls at each place ICE has snatched apart families.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Instead of tackling the berries alone, Rubi’s friend snatched it mid-air so the two of them could share it.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The researchers used this feature to capture the different steps of the calculation.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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The topic of longevity has recently captured the public imagination, thanks in part to the success of Netflix documentaries like Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones and Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever.—
Tomoko Yokoi,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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At that point, Hamas had emerged victorious in elections and seized power amid a violent rift with the PA's leading Fatah faction, still led by Arafat's successor, President Mahmoud Abbas.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has been fighting a multi-front war against pro-democracy fighters and ethnic armed groups after seizing power in 2021, with credible and widespread reports of atrocities against the people.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Without the mesh, the moisture evaporates in the dry air as the temperature rises each day, but with it, the fog would be only temporarily waylaid– providing valuable fresh water to people, before it’s treated and cycled back into the ocean.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
20 Feb. 2025
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In late November, Israeli forces opened fire on looters waiting to waylay trucks in Rafah, forcing them to retreat, according to an internal U.N. memo.—
Adam Rasgon,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Abscond (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abscond%20%28with%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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