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escape

[ih-skayp] / ɪˈskeɪp /




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“He’s been very vocal in support of trans people, and he can’t escape that record because he’s been in the state legislature,” she said.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

They also introduce a possible new factor in volcanic degassing, the process through which gases and other volatile substances escape from molten rock and interact with a planet's atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

His family emigrated to Peru in 2014 to escape the crisis roiling their homeland.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Blakeway said his teams had seen cases where residents had been making themselves "in effect homeless" by sleeping in cars to escape the anti-social behaviour.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

There was no way I was going to let that slimeball escape.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The symbolism of that globe and what it meant completely escapes them, just as Eisenhower’s legacy has been dismissed by them wholesale.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

As a result, calcium escapes continuously into areas where it should be carefully regulated, creating conditions that can injure muscle tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The roughly 34,500 defectors to reach the South since 1998 are a fraction of North Korea's 26.6 million people, UN figures show, but the plunging number of escapes has consequences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

It’s the one element of the play that escapes Dürrenmatt’s strict literary control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

A small wisp of smoke escapes, but other than that it is empty.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The incident evoked memories of one of the biggest jailbreaks in Tamil Nadu in 1995 when 43 suspected militants escaped from a special camp after digging a 153-foot-long tunnel beneath a historic fort.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Some oxygen could have escaped while the molten samples were cooling, meaning the original melts may have contained still greater amounts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Pablo Mejia, 42, escaped with injuries to his head, telling AFP that a last-minute change of seat saved his life.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Earlier this month, he said Tehran could target the United Arab Emirates, which has largely escaped being attacked since late spring, as well as data centers and internet cables across the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Ona Judge, the only one who escaped her captors, neither praised nor severely damned George and Martha Washington.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

These small Southeast Asian snakes are among the few animals known to deliberately roll as a means of escaping potential predators.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

But by joining the Rays—and escaping the Mets—Peralta was entering an organization with a superpower unlike any other in baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Resident Sohail told AFP "everyone began screaming in panic" after his niece managed to find her way home after escaping the building to inform them of the collapse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Times spoke to two CEOs of other organizations that aid people escaping domestic violence in the L.A. area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Between 1949 and 1961, one out of every six East Germans had fled the GDR, escaping to the freedoms—and increasingly, the prosperity—of the West.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau


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