as in missing
not present at a mandatory time and place
The soldier was AWOL for more than a week. "Where's Ben?" "I'm not sure—he's been AWOL all day."
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The cinematic denoument revived some measure of hope in a reeling nation, where the official casualty count announced Saturday climbed to 2,954 dead and 16,592 injured, with thousands remaining missing.
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In addition, two people remain missing, bringing the total number of Kerr County deaths to 119.
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Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.
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A lot of kids’ parents don’t have time to sign out their kids, so they would be counted absent instead of truant, Hampton said.
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In a late January social media post, district officials said any student participating in a walkout would be considered truant and given an unexcused absence.
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Even when symptoms are absent, endometriosis can still cause damage, including scar tissue formation, pelvic adhesions and fertility problems.
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When interviewed by Entertainment Weekly earlier this year, showrunner Ryan Condal shied away from revealing the casting of the long-absent other child of Dowager-Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
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With the biggest out-of-this-world adventures likely to be found in theaters, many of the most memorable — and undoubtedly the weirdest — concepts tended to be found in Saturday morning cartoons.
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The greatest player of all-time against an out-of-contract goalkeeper from the Portuguese second division.
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