escapee
Example Sentences
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The entire mountain was shut down to search for the escapee, with hundreds of state officers scouring its steep rock faces, which were at times layered with thick snow.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
In July, another escapee, 24-year-old Laura Avtorkhanova, was found in a shelter in Georgia by a group of male relatives who reportedly tried to coerce her into returning to Russia.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Astronomers suspect an unusual near-Earth rocky object is not a typical escapee from the Solar System’s asteroid belt, but is instead a chunk of the Moon blasted into space eons ago by a spectacular impact.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2024
The escapee, a 5-foot-6 Black man who weighs 225 pounds, is said to have black hair and brown eyes.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
If the Mayor’s men had a captured escapee hidden away for a boy’s thirteenth, then fine.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
