fire escape
Example Sentences
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Bryant entered the building containing the recording studio and opened a locked fire escape exit door to allow others to slip in without being seen by Mizell.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
The staffers trapped on the roof would run down the fire escape, then scale a wall at the back.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
"When I got down on the fire escape, they were all going ‘I saw the way to threw that burger at me Ness, it was lush’."
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
When one supportive community member played chants from a speaker in his apartment window, an officer scaled the building’s fire escape to tell him to stop, video of the incident shows.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
Josie barely managed to land on her feet out on the hot metal slats of the fire escape.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
