escape
Example Sentences
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There are so many negatives intruding that investors would be lucky to escape the coming year in one piece.
From Barron's
Tom Shearman, a serving police officer with Gloucestershire Constabulary, escaped the burning house and tried multiple times to re-enter to save his family.
From BBC
He began as a Royal Academician, became an ardent revolutionary, barely escaped execution after the fall of Robespierre, went on to be Napoleon’s chief propagandist, and ended life a political exile.
He too was arrested twice by Hamas before the war and escaped when it began.
From Los Angeles Times
Volatility is impossible to escape with silver, which has a bizarre trading history, including an infamous attempt by two brothers to corner the entire market in 1980.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
