escape
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At a time when cataloging travel woes have become such a big part of the cultural conversation, it offers the ultimate escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The defence secretary currently faces a legal challenge at the Royal Courts of Justice from former Afghan special forces who are unable to escape to the UK.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“We are starting to hit escape velocity on our path to be the winner that takes most in digital financial services,” SoFi CEO Anthony Noto told investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
More generally, he added, "this withdrawal weakens the international architecture of criminal justice and heightens fears that the perpetrators of the most serious crimes will escape any prosecution".
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The fire escape creaked and groaned alarmingly as I made my way upward, so I moved quickly.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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As the potato heats up, however, that water turns into vapor and escapes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
There were some more positive voices, including Variety's Owen Gleiberman, external, who said it "escapes the remake blues - in fact it soars above them".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
While she never escapes the gravitational pull of her own gendered perspective, Ms. Saxbe nonetheless posits fresh approaches on how men parent and where they might improve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
These escapes put the Berlin Wall at the heart of the Cold War.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Just last week, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI announced that bots it was developing had escaped what was supposed to be a controlled offline environment to hack a competitor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
These measurements helped reveal how water escaped from the potatoes and how oil entered the spaces it left behind.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
It was first introduced as an ornamental garden plant used primarily in large stately homes, but it subsequently escaped into the wider countryside.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The most recent occurrence, in late 2015 and early 2016, resulted in an estimated $3.9 trillion in economic losses worldwide, though the U.S. escaped relatively unscathed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
He ran one hand down my braid, smoothing strands of hair that had escaped.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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But Miles struggles futilely to stay at his desk, frequently escaping to explore Greensbury and to make the acquaintance of the town’s inhabitants, a decidedly quirky lot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
People in towns and villages around Madrid have been relaying their experiences of escaping the fires, some with just the clothes they were wearing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
His calculations indicate that uneven bursts of escaping material can repeatedly push a dying star in different directions, giving it thousands of small kicks before the white dwarf fully forms.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
After escaping Manhattan, he wonders, “Where do you go? There’s no place else. It was like going on the lam from yourself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Pong had never thought about escaping Namwon before, but now the opportunity lurched up like a mudskipper and slapped him across the face with its tail.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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