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escape

[ih-skeyp] / ɪˈskeɪp /




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To escape what he considered persecution, Mr. Hoser moved to Melbourne, drove a taxi and wrote several books in which he claimed that the Australian authorities seized snakes in order to traffic them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

As a homebody, I wasn’t willing to make a permanent move, but my silent, empty house made a stolen season in SoCal seem like the perfect escape.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Barun Lamichhane, 26, said his brother, uncle and cousin all died in the disaster - but that his mother, father and grandmother managed to escape.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Dubbed the “Hamptons of the North” by some, the Ontario region of Muskoka has long been a summer escape for Canadians.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

She untied the leash to give Wolf his freedom: maybe he could escape, even if she and Torak could not.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

In this setup, a laser continuously supplies additional photons to the cavity, while some light escapes through the partially reflecting mirrors.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Unlike Guzmán and his sons, who are known for more dramatic displays like prison escapes, Zambada worked more stealthily to avoid prison for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

That’s how a coach escapes bad publicity for chasing off a player.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

"He has this happy place where he goes into... This is where he escapes to mentally in times of stress, pressure, anxiety or chaos," Swift told Apple Music's Zane Lowe.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Kids were climbing fences and scaling fire escapes of strangers’ houses, just to see what they could see.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Last month, two OpenAI models escaped the closed environment they were meant to stay in, got onto the internet on their own and broke into Hugging Face's internal systems.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

He finally escaped by striking out Braves No. 7 hitter Mike Yastrzemski, with the help of a successful ABS challenge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Aerial images of the aftermath showed some houses looking like they escaped the flames while those not far away from them burnt to the ground.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Honshu, who escaped two years ago, was part of a troop of 37 animals at the park.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

But the Foxes hadn’t entirely escaped that all-too-common tragedy.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Nearly every one of them seemed to be escaping the same thing: pressure.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Some of the energy carried by that escaping light can still be used to perform useful work on another quantum system.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

"I suffered from body dysmorphia for years because of that, believing that no matter how strong, thin or young I was, there was no escaping the dreaded cottage cheese thighs."

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

A string of AI models escaping testing environments is testing how seriously enterprises take governance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Harlow eats her macaroni and cheese and even asks for more carrot sticks—impressive for a six-year-old—before escaping to her princess-themed room.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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