1
as in to retreat
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing
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2
as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word
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Verb
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Michael then retreated to his bedroom and took possession of his own handgun.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025 -
The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 0.28%, paring losses of 1.5% earlier in the day, after news of the tariff pause broke.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Bering Air flight departed from Unalakleet, a community of about 690 people in western Alaska, around 2:40 p.m. local time on Thursday.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The plane had departed Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m., Bering Air Director of Operations, David Olson, said, per local outlet KTUU.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Right Now The first reveal comes when Ally and Jay decide to fight Heart Eyes rather than flee when the masked murderer is killing people left and right at a drive-in movie theater.—
James Grebey,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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For fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, the sentence is a maximum of three years and one day in prison and or a fine of $5,000.—
Alex Malm,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Strong and her daughter safely exited their home and waited for officers from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office to arrive.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Another attorney — Radhika, 28, from New York — exits the limo doing a Bollywood dance, and Allyshia (29-year-old interior designer from Florida) asks the Bachelor to make a wish on her magic lamp.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Casey Crafton, a father and volunteer youth sports coach, was among those killed in Wednesday night’s plane crash while flying back from Wichita to Washington D.C. on American Airlines flight 5342.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
1 Feb. 2025
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Loloi x Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines Banks Collection Area Rug Best Amazon Beauty Deals These beauty staples are flying off of virtual shelves.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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But this move now primes them to break the long drought and be much more formidable moving forward.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Board said on Saturday that the pilot of the American Airlines plane that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter earlier this week may have witnessed the incoming danger and tried to move the plane upward to avoid the crash.—
Zach LaChance,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
2 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The occupants bolted from the vehicle on foot but deputies detained the driver and a passenger.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Feb. 2025
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Two others acquired through the portal — McNamara (who signed with East Tennessee State on Saturday) and Deacon Hill (now at Utah Tech) — also bolted with eligibility on the table.—
Scott Dochterman,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Chicago Sky just got bigger — and a whole lot better from behind the arc — in the first official day of WNBA free agency.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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Both Arsenal and Manchester City got the job done in the Champions League in midweek with Arsenal securing automatic progress while City scraped their way through to the play-off places.—
Darren Richman,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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