escapes
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Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrate that escapes much of the usual digestion in the small intestine, allowing it to reach the colon, where microbes can break it down.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
He’s the one American wanderer who escapes Pamplona alone, returning to that same existence that he once found so commonplace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The roughly 34,500 defectors to reach the South since 1998 are a fraction of North Korea's 26.6 million people, UN figures show, but the plunging number of escapes has consequences.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 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
He disappeared in a maze of air shafts and fire escapes and doors, and when he came out his arms were loaded with clothes.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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