passage out

Example Sentences

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The former head of the Iraqi gas centrifuge program had hidden key assets from Iraq’s pre-1991 gas centrifuge program and was looking to trade them for safe passage out of Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

CPJ’s Mansour said that he hopes the United Nations keeps the welfare of journalists on its agenda, including safe passage out of the country for those who need it.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Hope exists for a last-minute deal that could stave off a final tragedy, granting some — at least the last civilians and the wounded — safe passage out.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2022

Two years later, as he presented his British passport to withdraw money to fund his family's passage out of Yemen, he was arrested as a suspected spy.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2022

Each had wandered through the open door in hopes of winning money to buy passage out of Smyrna.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides