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escape

[ih-skayp] / ɪˈskeɪp /




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Some have wanted to escape Washington’s notorious humid summers, while others longed to flee the cold and create a “winter White House” in warmer climes.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Companies can escape blame or the need to fix problems if they’re unaware of them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

He wasn’t trying to escape justice, he claimed, but seeking a chance to tell his story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Seventeen-year-old Anastasiia Ryvbalchenko has also experienced a narrow escape.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Looking up, I spotted what was supposed to be a fire escape partially detached from the wall and crumbling.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

At this stage, high energy radiation from the young star can penetrate the thinning material and heat gas in the disk until it escapes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

In addition to being an economic lifeline, the Chinese border region has also been the first step in most defectors' escapes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

It’s the one element of the play that escapes Dürrenmatt’s strict literary control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

She likens the current situation to a farmer having a bull in a field which escapes and causes destruction – and the farmer blames the bull.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

In ecological release, an organism escapes its home and parachutes into an ecosystem that has never encountered it before.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The three researchers worked on monitoring OpenAI's models, which escaped their testing environment in July and hacked Hugging Face, a leading platform for sharing AI models and code.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

But Eckert escaped any individual punishment that threatened his job following an FA investigation into his conduct that lasted for more than four months.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

OpenAI has come under scrutiny for a spate of security incidents in which its AI agents escaped containment and in some cases hacked other companies or aggressively probed third-party websites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Skubal escaped the inning by getting Olson to chase an outside fastball and fly out to left field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Others were sold, including a young man named Robin who had escaped from Monticello.

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

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has sealed borders with fences, walls and land mines to prevent citizens from escaping to South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"There's no escaping it - everything feels more expensive and it is more expensive."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The prosecution’s argument is simpler and meaner, almost reminiscent of Steinbeck: Clancy’s actions were premeditated, her way of escaping a life she didn’t want anymore.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The agency gets the images within 48 hours, then sends out notices to landfill and oil and gas operators when methane is seen escaping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Between 1949 and 1961, one out of every six East Germans had fled the GDR, escaping to the freedoms—and increasingly, the prosperity—of the West.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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