as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage
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The foreign aid agency, the world's largest of its kind, has for decades provided assistance to countries whose residents are recovering from disaster or who are trying to escape poverty.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025 -
Then her best friend joined the Navy, and Thorn saw a way to escape.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Right Now The first reveal comes when Ally and Jay decide to fight Heart Eyes rather than flee when the masked murderer is killing people left and right at a drive-in movie theater.—
James Grebey,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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For fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, the sentence is a maximum of three years and one day in prison and or a fine of $5,000.—
Alex Malm,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Military and other government helicopters fly this route almost daily, according to a senior Army pilot and warrant officer.—
Brie Stimson,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Casey Crafton, a father and volunteer youth sports coach, was among those killed in Wednesday night’s plane crash while flying back from Wichita to Washington D.C. on American Airlines flight 5342.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
1 Feb. 2025
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Should Barkley put up good numbers, Philadelphia could run away with the game.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Minnetonka ran away with the title with 679 points.—
Tom Schardin,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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After slashing the man on the face, the woman ran off, cops said.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The systems are meant to replace heating and cooling systems that run off fossil fuels like natural gas, heating oil or propane.—
Katie Fehrenbacher,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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The victim was able to get out of the vehicle within a short time and ran to a nearby residence.—
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Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Hours before the Magic battled the new-look Kings late Wednesday night at Golden 1 Center, All-Star forward Paolo Banchero laid out exactly how Orlando would get out of its 4-game skid.—
Jason Beede,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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