egress
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The disaster’s first blunt lesson is about egress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
Properties must meet certain physical requirements for ingress and egress, as well as fire safety and security requirements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
Those specific locations would contribute to modulating the viral replication cycle, adaptability, and path of entry and egress.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
Those who egress from cults are often assisted by former fellow cult members.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
Had he known that he was about to enter a tunnel whose only egress was his own annihilation, would he have turned away?
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
But now it has become almost a regular occurrence, as winds and new tidal currents trap an overflow of water behind the lagoon's three egresses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lady Feng thereupon egressed from the room in the inner end and interposed her remarks.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
Hsiang-lien then got up and quitted the room, and perceiving every one off his guard, he egressed out of the main entrance.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
But after a brief interval, they egressed with the basins and rinsing cups.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
Madame Wang and Li Wan, lady Feng, Pao Ch'ai and the other young ladies noticed, meanwhile, that the doctor had gone, and they eventually egressed from the back of the mosquito-house.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
But while she yet spoke, they perceived a whole bevy of people, pressing round lady Feng, as she egressed from the apartment.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
This effected, we blocked up its egressing mouth, that, should our escape be discovered, the enemy might not find the direct road we had taken.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
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