on the lam
Example Sentences
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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
They went on the lam to Chicago, Florida, and Arizona, and points in between.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2024
Durst may have never faced a Galveston, Texas jury if he hadn’t been caught trying to steal a grocery store sandwich while he was on the lam.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024
He cocked his head and looked sharp so no one would see a boy on the lam, and would instead see a bluesman on the way to his gig.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
