getaway car

Example Sentences

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You speak to dozens of people – one saw the getaway car, another noticed the robber’s jacket.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Burbank police had been tracking the getaway car with a GPS device and pulled the trio over shortly after.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

And when the so-called getaway car was recovered, no traces of blood were found inside.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

His interior designer snapped a picture of them jumping into a getaway car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

After Pattie signed the bottom of the paperwork that gave her legal responsibility for Willow for the next twenty-four hours, the police cruiser charged out of the parking lot like a getaway car.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan