getaway car
Example Sentences
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Borel yelled as he charged down the inn’s driveway after the man and woman running to their getaway car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
You speak to dozens of people – one saw the getaway car, another noticed the robber’s jacket.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026
A burnt out vehicle matching the description of the getaway car was found in the nearby suburb of South Turramurra shortly afterwards.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
In mid-July, local police pulled Dumbrique over as he rode in a friend’s light-green, four-door Honda, and investigators decided maybe that had been the getaway car — not the green Ford Escort.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
After Pattie signed the bottom of the paperwork that gave her legal responsibility for Willow for the next twenty-four hours, the police cruiser charged out of the parking lot like a getaway car.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
