escapes
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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
In Le Havre, a war memorial leads him to reflect on his uncle’s aerial exploits in World War II and his great escapes as a pilot and a prisoner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Jordan, who escapes relatively unscathed, is at once cowed and traumatized yet committed to vengeance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
In this setup, a laser continuously supplies additional photons to the cavity, while some light escapes through the partially reflecting mirrors.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
“But no one escapes the consequences of their errors, and your father has made many. It started when he married that woman.”
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
