escapee

Example Sentences

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One escapee told researchers these government crackdowns were intended "to block people's eyes and ears".

From BBC • Sep. 12, 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

One escapee, who spoke to her relative back home, said rice and wheat could no longer be smuggled into the country.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

Earlier this month, the sheriff’s office said fellow escapee Marc Kerry Anderson was captured in Atlanta.

From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 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