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UK
/ˈeɪwɒl/
]
[ US /ˈeɪˌwɔɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈeɪˌwɔɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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absent without permission
truant schoolboys
the soldier was AWOL for almost a week
How To Use awol In A Sentence
- Soldiers are considered deserters when they remain AWOL for more than 30 days.
- You are born-again, re-sobered, a former hardcore binge drinker and rumored huge fan of various illegal substances back in college, and you had at least one DUI arrest and went AWOL from the National Guard, and you've stashed away from public view all records of both your tenure as Texas governor, and those SEC investigations into your alleged insider trading. Chaos Theory:
- It is commonplace, she reports, for formerly AWOL soldiers to be "bribed" with offers of having all charges, or potential charges, dropped, as long as they accept deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Dahr Jamail: Where Will They Get the Troops? Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front
- Many young soldiers desert or go Awol after mistreatment and bullying by their superiors or colleagues.
- The newt is used to replace a missing young Queen Victoria who has gone AWOL. More Steampunkery Still!
- They're quite short-staffed on this ward, so I doubt if anyone will get round to thinking I've gone AWOL. NIGHT SISTERS
- The approach could mean squeezing the length of appointments late in the day or double-booking certain kinds of visits, such as physicals for new patients who run a higher chance of going AWOL. No-Show Patients Exact a Daily Toll
- The flinger (or spit gun, or AWOL tube) was a linear accelerator. THE MOAT AROUND MURCHESON'S EYE
- I thought I had, but the gubbins for the wireless networking router appears to be AWOL.
- While Bush dodged the draft and then went AWOL from the National Guard. Think Progress » Fact Check: Clinton/Carter Executive Orders Did Not Authorize Warrantless Searches of Americans