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
"I turned up to a nightclub in Bristol and the event was for me to throw burgers at the students off a fire escape," she said.
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
We pass a building adorned with a zigzag of metal fire escape steps where Tom Cruise was chased in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
As the lightning faded into darkness, I descended the fire escape and continued on my way.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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