escape
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Exploring the dunes at night, Raul saw many scorpions searching for prey but as temperatures rose after sunrise, the scorpion dug into the sand to escape the intense heat.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown cleanup system at the back of the eye, revealing a hidden route that allows fluid and waste to escape into the body's lymphatic system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
A section that flooded Friday appeared to escape more trouble Saturday, despite signs that said “flooded.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Some have wanted to escape Washington’s notorious humid summers, while others longed to flee the cold and create a “winter White House” in warmer climes.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
The third showed Tiamat taking advantage of the open door to escape from his room.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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At this stage, high energy radiation from the young star can penetrate the thinning material and heat gas in the disk until it escapes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
In addition to being an economic lifeline, the Chinese border region has also been the first step in most defectors' escapes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
She likens the current situation to a farmer having a bull in a field which escapes and causes destruction – and the farmer blames the bull.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Jordan, who escapes relatively unscathed, is at once cowed and traumatized yet committed to vengeance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
She noticed the feather beds bellying out of windows, clothes of Oriental-bright colors drying on the fire escapes and the half-naked children playing in the gutters.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Felipe earns some money programming for clients in Miami while Tejeda works at children's parties to scrape some cash, but most young people have not escaped the pangs of Cuba's economic crisis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Her son Kyle – who escaped the blaze – said in a statement to the inquest that "the police didn't do anything".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
He escaped with just one run scored, on a grounder up the middle from Mauricio Dubón.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
On a Discord messaging channel, and in online chat rooms across the internet, AI enthusiasts and professional researchers have been looking everywhere for evidence that AI agents have escaped from their labs and wrought havoc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“You escaped helping me shovel the driveway. It snowed last night. Again.”
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
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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
But there is no escaping the reality that public confidence in the body has been damaged.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The prosecution’s argument is simpler and meaner, almost reminiscent of Steinbeck: Clancy’s actions were premeditated, her way of escaping a life she didn’t want anymore.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
As planetary systems mature and the flow of material onto the star declines, the jets weaken and the escaping gas becomes increasingly atomic.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
And all these things were permitted by their military institutions and gave them a means of escaping hardships and dangers, as was mentioned.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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