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escape

[ih-skayp] / ɪˈskeɪp /




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His family emigrated to Peru in 2014 to escape the crisis roiling their homeland.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

That’s because Philadelphia didn’t escape paying the bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Mohammed Annour and Moubarak Abdallah say South Bay-based nonprofit iACT helped save their lives, with soccer helping them escape African refugee camps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Others close down and reopen under different company names to escape their tax liabilities.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

How odd it is to hear Miss Genovese’s clipped voice here, on this fire escape, instead of in the switchboard room at Central.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

Critics say the animals suffer, pointing to deadly collapses and dangerous escapes, while advocates point to the jobs they create and the heritage they uphold.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Nothing escapes Maupassant’s attention: the attitudes intended to shield weak character that expose it instead; the vanity that fools no one; the morality unwittingly displayed by styles of dress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

As the final bandages are being placed, a moan escapes his lips.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

On social media, the gleeful Portuguese-language memes escaped containment.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

At the war’s end, Mignon escaped to a displaced-persons camp in Bavaria, Germany, where she nearly died of an infected gallbladder and typhus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

For survivors such as Gaynor Madgwick, who escaped from Pantglas Junior School when the tip collapsed, the images served another purpose.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Stafford escaped pressure and found Nacua, for a mid-range pass that he turned into a 32-yard gain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Davenport brothers escaped from their spirit cabinet, but one of the professors discovered a piece of broken thread on the floor.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

These small Southeast Asian snakes are among the few animals known to deliberately roll as a means of escaping potential predators.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

There is no escaping that Fulham head coach Alvaro Arbeloa faces a potentially pivotal weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Resident Sohail told AFP "everyone began screaming in panic" after his niece managed to find her way home after escaping the building to inform them of the collapse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Times spoke to two CEOs of other organizations that aid people escaping domestic violence in the L.A. area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But the prolonged high pressure in the chamber below it had worked the bolts loose, and hydrogen gas was escaping into the reactor building.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland


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