escapee

Example Sentences

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"The fear I've lived with all my life - embedded in my DNA - has reawakened with renewed vigour," said one escapee living in Western Europe, who asked to hide her name and precise location.

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

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

Missouri prison escapee Mario Che-Tiul, 34, was arrested by @USMS_Philly and Chester County CID detectives in the unit block of Gap Newport Pike, Avondale, PA.

From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2023

He told no one that he was an escapee from a political labor camp, fearing that it might tempt someone to turn him over to the police.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden