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Example sentences for: flee

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Around 120,000 refugees are allowed into the country each year if they flee their country "due to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group."
In 1807 the French invaded Lisbon, causing the royal family to flee to Brazil.
Another recommended priority: to "restore confidence in the spirit of nationalism," because "the rate at which Nigerians flee their fatherland or vandalise public property should worry any government of the people anywhere."
When whites flee the central cities, they take with them most of the tax revenue, and leave behind a downward spiral of city services.
The younger son survived to become King Manuel II, but he was deposed merely two years later and forced to flee to Britain, thus ending over 750 years of monarchy.