The majority of the remaining ships, within a minute, were fleeing back across the Bosporus.

By 26 November, the vast majority of the city's 150,000 original inhabitants had fled.

The vast majority of the Viet population fled for their lives, and the former town entered a prolonged sleep.

The majority of the city's civilian population fled following the missile attacks early in the war, leaving the streets mostly deserted.

The majority of those on board had fled to the bow which sank when the ship broke in half.

A majority of the inhabitants fled the city.

The majority of of the 1884 revolutionaries fled to Japan.

A few obeyed, but the majority left the battle line and fled north out of harm's way.

The majority of the battered city's 400,000 people have fled.

The majority of the "apostates" fled abroad, particularly to Lithuania.