escape
Example Sentences
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For most people, reading is an escape route.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
While at the top of the stairs she would look for an escape.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
When the army withdrew from the city, Abdul Rahman decided to escape with her eight children, husband, two brothers and sisters and other relatives.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
In spite of all this activity in the Atlantic, the continental USA had a lucky escape with no hurricanes making landfall in 2025.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
When she had all the coconuts on the rocks, Nim loaded ten into each bag and tied knots across the top so they couldn’t escape.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Vocabulary lists containing escape
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