escape
Example Sentences
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He learned tens of thousands of North Koreans had escaped to the South.
Stocks remain near records, but the all-hours cadence has spurred some investors to move money into foreign markets or other havens to escape the noise of the domestic headline cycle.
Tammy Abraham's opener was clearly offside, Villa's full-back Lucas Digne inexplicably escaped conceding a penalty for handball and the Frenchman could easily have been dismissed for a reckless challenge as well.
From BBC
After a suit-and-tie celebration, which neither seems too celebratory about, Shane leaves his hotel room in a huff and escapes to the hotel gym for a late night stationary bike ride.
From Salon
Little attention was paid to the environmental catastrophe for Lake Maracaibo, destination of much of the escaping crude.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
