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escape

[ih-skayp] / ɪˈskeɪp /




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This allows remaining cancer cells to escape detection.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

They left their phones and passports behind and tried to escape by car, but the road was blocked.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

It feels like a little escape in the middle of the medina, and the smell of fresh coffee and Moroccan pastries is impossible to resist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

With warm natural finishes and sleek architectural details, it’s a serene escape conveniently located in a peaceful hillside pocket above the Sunset Strip.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Sam pictured the inside of his own head, shiny steel with springs and teeth like a bear trap, grabbing at the Morse code and holding it tight so it would never escape.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

The symbolism of that globe and what it meant completely escapes them, just as Eisenhower’s legacy has been dismissed by them wholesale.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

The roughly 34,500 defectors to reach the South since 1998 are a fraction of North Korea's 26.6 million people, UN figures show, but the plunging number of escapes has consequences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The rest of the day is a blur of failed combat battles, curt conversations, and narrow escapes from Helene.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Its initial observations have now revealed two elusive objects that had escaped detection, demonstrating the telescope's ability to find some of the faintest members of our galactic neighborhood.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

"She escaped the Holocaust as a child, eventually coming to Australia, and built a beautiful family," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The Chicks had escaped that designation a few decades ago by the time they were doing this show.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

The winking pup had escaped from his new home in San Francisco days after undergoing surgery — being neutered and having his right eye removed — and his adoption from an East Bay organization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

As the reactors melted down at Fukushima Daiichi, workers in and around the plant took regular readings to determine how much radioactivity had escaped.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Epic Love Photography founder Rob Dight, who has spent more than a decade photographing couples escaping the pressures of traditional weddings, said the day was unlike anything he had encountered before.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Although large galactic winds appear to suppress escaping radiation, smaller winds and other activity around young stars could still help create openings in the surrounding gas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

While their cooperation helped stop some funds from escaping, Binance was still in a race to find and then freeze billions more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

When the researchers compared wind speeds with the amount of ionizing radiation escaping from each galaxy, they uncovered a surprising relationship.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Harlow eats her macaroni and cheese and even asks for more carrot sticks—impressive for a six-year-old—before escaping to her princess-themed room.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller


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