escaped

Example Sentences

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When the police arrived, he fled his vehicle, escaped from the highway, and ran through our neighborhood while the police pursued by car, helicopter and on foot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He also explained that it was thought some of those captured were believed to have escaped into Cameroon and efforts were being made for their safe return.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Then he got in another brawl, was imprisoned in Fort St. Angelo, escaped, and was formally expelled by the Order—the recorded language is “like a rotten and fetid limb.”

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

That being said, perpetual futures haven’t escaped criticism.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Two years after she escaped from Philadelphia, the president asked his nephew, Burwell Bassett Jr., to seize the woman.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis