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- verb Present participle of
desert .
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Examples
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At sight of big Mister Haggin deserting him and being pulled away in the whaleboat, Jerry wriggled and voiced his anxiety in a low, whimpering whine.
CHAPTER II 2010
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The Canadian Border Services Agency is on the verge of deporting Nay Myo Hein back to that country to face possible execution for deserting from the armed forces run by those self-same generals.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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New perspectives then on the risks Dymphna Cusack took in deserting safe fictional territory for the harsh realities of Jungfrau.
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New perspectives then on the risks Dymphna Cusack took in deserting safe fictional territory for the harsh realities of Jungfrau.
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New perspectives then on the risks Dymphna Cusack took in deserting safe fictional territory for the harsh realities of Jungfrau.
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Maurice Thorez, the French Communist, has been amnestied by the French Government (he was under sentence for deserting from the army).
As I Please 1944
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At sight of big Mister Haggin deserting him and being pulled away in the whaleboat, Jerry wriggled and voiced his anxiety in a low, whimpering whine.
Chapter 2 1917
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We have heard that Antonio, our donkey-driver, has been arrested for deserting from the army and we have come to find out about it.
Jerry Junior 1907
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What you call deserting is fighting, but fighting the real fight!
The Frontier Maurice Leblanc 1902
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Forrester declined a continuance of Colonel Stuart's attentions, and when pressed by him to assign a reason for her change of manner, she frankly pleaded her knowledge of his want of principle, his seduction of Mrs. Neville, and his heartlessness in deserting her.
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