escape
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Intricate handling freed Jordan, who used his pace and strength to escape down the right and link with the outstanding Cam Roigard.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The “It Follows” escape plan is, as it happens, a window into Kelly’s celebrated talent for taking a narrative formula and turning it on its head, often with a sinister edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"They could not escape the flood; there was no chance at all," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dubbed the “Hamptons of the North” by some, the Ontario region of Muskoka has long been a summer escape for Canadians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
They won’t escape unless there’s a bad storm with really big waves.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
As the potato heats up, however, that water turns into vapor and escapes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
That’s how a coach escapes bad publicity for chasing off a player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"He has this happy place where he goes into... This is where he escapes to mentally in times of stress, pressure, anxiety or chaos," Swift told Apple Music's Zane Lowe.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Panama is preparing to announce changes to its prison system in July following inmate escapes, while Honduras plans to purchase drones from Ukraine for its anti-drug efforts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
A yelp escapes my jaws—the pain is unbearable.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Last month, two OpenAI models escaped the closed environment they were meant to stay in, got onto the internet on their own and broke into Hugging Face's internal systems.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He finally escaped by striking out Braves No. 7 hitter Mike Yastrzemski, with the help of a successful ABS challenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The squirrel escaped by climbing higher, leaving the leopard clinging on before it eventually made an awkward retreat.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
David Price is one of those whose home escaped the flames in Stourbridge and he is still trying to understand why it was spared.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
She escaped his grasp in the nick of time.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
The nail-biting finale saw the two pairs jumping on an extraction plane from a beach in north Wales, narrowly escaping the hunters.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nearly every one of them seemed to be escaping the same thing: pressure.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A string of AI models escaping testing environments is testing how seriously enterprises take governance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
County that aid people escaping domestic violence and provide other homelessness services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
When he turns it, the swing itself rises and the top of the cage opens, allowing them to climb out, escaping into a dimly lit temple guarded by an albino Sphinx.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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