lam

Example Sentences

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Before long, Frank and the Bride are on the road and on the lam, invigorating the nation in their path.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Monkeys on the lam in St. Louis and AI isn’t helping.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

Robert Redford became a bankable leading man in 1969, when “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” about a pair of outlaws on the lam, turned him into a paragon of the movie star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

A gifted computer programmer, avid skydiver and motorcycle racer, Landi had been a man on the lam for roughly a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

These are other painters, on the lam from irate landlords or between odd jobs.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood