way-out

Example Sentences

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In Shanxi, the province that sits at the heart of China's coal-mining industry, there's long been a saying: "Only go down a coal pit when you have no other way out."

From BBC • May 31, 2026

We just never noticed because we kept looking down at our feet, trying to ascertain a way out.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

And so he backs me up, and then we realize there’s no way out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Buses are infrequent and haphazard, while the subway has only six trundling lines radiating out from the centre, making connections impossible without going all the way in and then all the way out again.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

“And then she took off with the shadows. Where would she go? We don’t have a plane or a way out of here.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova