escape
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Six Flags will remove a 70-year-old coaster called the Magic Flyer, and the 40-year-old swing ride Tweety’s Escape, named after the iconic Looney Tunes character.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The island fortress entered American cultural lore after a 1962 escape by three inmates, which became an inspiration for the film "Escape from Alcatraz" starring Clint Eastwood.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
A former shepherd once told me that sheep are only ever trying to do one of three things: "Escape, or die, or escape and then immediately die."
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
The proliferation of SUVs included smaller and more efficient styles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, such as the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V and Ford Escape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
We’d evolved this system where we called for particular favourite scenes to be played again—like, for instance, the moment the American jumps over the barbed wire on his bike in The Great Escape.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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