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Recent Examples of escape hatch
Granted, there’s a minor farcical streak that offers the film a bit of an escape hatch.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 May 2025
The homes are connected by a tunnel leading to a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter, reportedly equipped with an escape hatch, a library, and bomb shelter-style steel-and-concrete doors.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
An escape hatch for Brunson, then trapped in no man’s land.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
An act of Mother Nature may have provided a convenient escape hatch.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 May 2025
The homes are connected by a tunnel leading to a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter, reportedly equipped with an escape hatch, a library, and bomb shelter-style steel-and-concrete doors.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
An escape hatch for Brunson, then trapped in no man’s land.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
An act of Mother Nature may have provided a convenient escape hatch.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escape hatch
Noun
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Theater room and library loft: The versatile entertainment space upstairs offers a big screen TV and a game or reading table, providing an escape for watching movies, playing games and socializing away from the main living spaces.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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This boutique offers a serene escape with breathtaking vistas of the surrounding mountains.—
Carola Fresno,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In its initial release, the film’s booking at a single theater in New York lasted for 87 weeks.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Aug. 2025
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That Kino Lorber has finally managed to give this cult classic a 4K restoration without sacrificing its sense of Forty-Deuce grit — and another theatrical run before a Blu-Ray release this fall — is a miracle.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escape%20hatch. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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