escape hatch
Example Sentences
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Their film is a trapdoor, a hidden escape hatch that only two people willing to pause and look around amid all of the chaos could see.
From Salon β Sep. 7, 2026
The treks flourished throughout the Middle Ages, faded, then rebounded from a niche spiritual journey to a global escape hatch; in 2025, the pilgrim office handed out 530,000 certificates of completion, or compostelas.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 25, 2026
While the mechanics may be complicated, the upshot for savers is clear—anyone worried about declining saving account rates now has an escape hatch.
From Barron's β Dec. 11, 2025
Red warning lights flash above the door, and inside there is an emergency escape hatch into a tunnel in case something went wrong.
From BBC β Jul. 17, 2025
Their single fault, from where Yossarian sat as a bombardier, was the tight crawlway separating the bombardier’s compartment in the plexiglass nose from the nearest escape hatch.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
