gone away
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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“My sister does,” Mutti said, “with her husband. But they have gone away. We’re living here now, me, my daughter and my two sons. My husband is away fighting the Russians.”
From Literature
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The court was played a recording of a video of Adams at a republican rally in August 1995, where he was quoted as saying "they haven't gone away, you know", in reference to the IRA.
From BBC
The Epstein scandal has not gone away — and shows no signs of doing so.
From Salon
“The idea that penalties have gone away is false,” he said.
From MarketWatch
But the Iranian presence in Venezuela and around the region hasn’t gone away.
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