prison break
Example Sentences
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US President Donald Trump told the New York Post Tuesday he had helped stop a prison break of European jihadists in Syria, referring to the Shadadi incident.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
Several senior Bashir loyalists walked free from prison in Bahri, across the Nile from central Khartoum, during a wider prison break amid fighting in late April.
From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2023
Earlier this week, there had been reports of a prison break at Kober, where Ahmad Harun and the country's former President Omar al-Bashir were serving sentences.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023
“Likability is a jail,” Mulaney says at one point in “Baby J,” and his self-deprecating punch lines about his own vanity could be viewed as a prison break.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023
He was low on sleep and exhausted after the excitement of the prison break, and now his thoughts were buzzing and jumping at the possibility of thirty million kruge.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
