escaped

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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

One famous example was Inky, the octopus that escaped from New Zealand's National Aquarium in 2016 by squeezing through a drainpipe and making its way back to the ocean.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

By the fall of 1776, Washington, Billy Lee, and the defeated Continental Army had barely escaped with their lives.

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