Sentence examples for seeking to flee from inspiring English sources

Oil and other commodities moved higher, too, including gold, which is often bought by investors seeking to flee risk.

He was arrested in New Jersey on a Greyhound bus; the police said he was seeking to flee to Texas.

The number of people seeking to flee Misrata has surged as Libyan forces expand their shelling to areas once considered relatively safe havens from attacks.

As well as newly arrived migrants, Amnesty found that people from established migrant communities in Libya were seeking to flee the growing lawlessness.

But government officials have blocked her from leaving, saying they feared the former president, who has denied any wrongdoing, might be seeking to flee the country to avoid facing possible court cases over election fraud and corruption.

When David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, said cheekily that he would "roll out the red carpet" to French firms seeking to flee, the Socialists dismissed it as cross-channel rivalry.

Mr. Tanzi's detention on Saturday appeared to reflect concern that he might seek to flee.

After punishing air attacks and assaults by Afghan fighters, hundreds of Al Qaeda members have sought to flee to Pakistan.

Three of them died as they sought to flee the beach after the first child was killed.

In the whole of the last (American) financial year, ending in September, 7,693 sought to flee to the United States, more than half of whom managed to avoid detection.

With the attack the convoy "was stopped from progressing as it sought to flee Surt but was not destroyed," Defense Minister Gérard Longuet of France said.