escape
Example Sentences
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The three reached an excruciating decision: They had to make their way outside and seek help before additional debris crushed them or cut off any escape.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
Vance’s recent book tour, in which has attempted to escape his vitriolic reputation by claiming Christianity has remade him, won’t help, either.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026
French-American land forces converged on an entrenched British army in southeastern Virginia, as a French fleet swatted away a royal navy relief squadron and sealed off the Chesapeake Bay escape route.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Many of the deaths were young people swimming in unauthorised areas to escape the searing heat.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
For Danny and Glory and countless other kids, it was a dream they could escape to when their real world didn’t have room for them.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Vocabulary lists containing escape
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