escape
Example Sentences
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An official with the Department of Homeland Security accused Parias of having “previously escaped from custody,” although video obtained by the Times appears to show the federal agents letting him go during a June incident.
From Los Angeles Times
He heard them phoning others, urging them to leave quickly, before escaping on motorbikes.
From BBC
A University of Chicago professor called it “escape velocity.”
From MarketWatch
The new emerging middle has in part grown out of alternative-reality games and escape rooms that became mainstream entertainment in the 2010s.
KCK also became a major stop on the underground railroad, escaped slaves gaining freedom the instant they crossed the river into Kansas, an abolitionist state.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.