21.   Thousands of refugees fled the area, and terrified villagers begged Chechen rebels to take the prisoners away from Alkhazurovo.

22.   Thousands fled the resort town, and the police said four were killed in traffic accidents on the road to the capital.

23.   Thousands flee west to Berlin. . .

24.   Thousands have fled their homelands.

25.   Thousands of others fled Tulsa to find new homes in places such as Kansas City, according to news reports at the time.

26.   Thousands are fleeing now.

27.   Thousands fled or were temporarily evacuated.

28.   Thousands have fled the former Yugoslavia altogether.

29.   Thousands more have fled the town for safety further south in Israel.

30.   Thousands of Catholics fled Belfast to escape Protestant firebombings and shootings, and Dundalk took them in.