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escape

[ih-skayp] / ɪˈskeɪp /




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As material spirals toward a black hole, not all of it necessarily disappears beyond the event horizon, the boundary past which nothing can escape.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

For those now looking to escape, the question is whether the West will offer them refuge — or send them back.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

We couldn’t escape it if we tried, it’s just in our DNA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Uri Shulevitz’s tale of his family’s arduous journey out of Poland to escape the Nazis during World War II has every appearance of being solely for children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Bat felt a ball of anger rising up in his chest, hot and hard and loud, wanting to escape through his mouth in a yell.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrate that escapes much of the usual digestion in the small intestine, allowing it to reach the colon, where microbes can break it down.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Now, as travelers chase harder-to-reach escapes, a fresh wave of openings has arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

In addition to being an economic lifeline, the Chinese border region has also been the first step in most defectors' escapes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

She likens the current situation to a farmer having a bull in a field which escapes and causes destruction – and the farmer blames the bull.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

As the final bandages are being placed, a moan escapes his lips.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Stafford escaped pressure and found Nacua, for a mid-range pass that he turned into a 32-yard gain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Stupnikov told her he had escaped the Russian army to give her and his family a better life abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Here, gut microbes break down nutrients that escaped earlier digestion, producing compounds such as short-chain fatty acids.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Leaders at Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have encouraged "pacing" - or slowing down - development after models created by all three were found to have escaped their testing environments or taken actions without authorization.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

If one of them escaped, it deserved to be George.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Resident Sohail told AFP "everyone began screaming in panic" after his niece managed to find her way home after escaping the building to inform them of the collapse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Times spoke to two CEOs of other organizations that aid people escaping domestic violence in the L.A. area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But for many major gigs, there's no escaping a stream of fan videos from the shows if you're online, whether you like it or not.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“There was no escaping my heritage,” he thought.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

He backed away, but there was no escaping it; it was all around him, tickling his ankles.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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