escape
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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
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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
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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
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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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