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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For more than two decades, a special team of Mexican police officers has quietly worked along the northern border to track down and deport foreign fugitives who cross into Mexico to escape criminal charges in their home countries.—
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9 July 2025 -
Tanya Ramsey's brother and mother were staying in a cabin 100 yards away, and Jeff Ramsey's call to them gave them enough time to escape, Jake Ramsey said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
9 July 2025
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Simmons is then accused of carjacking a vehicle from someone who was at the medical facility and fleeing the scene.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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The brothers ran, but Brown was fatally wounded, and witnesses described seeing a pickup truck fleeing the scene.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
30 June 2025
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Passengers flying in the United States at certain airports are no longer required to take off their shoes when going through security lines, according to news outlets including CBS News and The New York Times on Monday.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Gunn’s approach is colorful, in both its palette and the costumes; proudly fantastical, with flying orbs, robots, portals, and giant monsters; and at times endearingly, intentionally corny (see: Krypto the super dog).—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The report says that running away can expose children to other adverse consequences like human trafficking, involvement with the criminal justice system, substance use and falling behind in school.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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Police combed through social media and began releasing public alerts about her disappearance before the girl’s parents found her journal on Saturday, which showed a detailed plan to run away that had been concocted between the girl, Scruggs and Williamson.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
26 June 2025
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The gunman who mistakenly shot her ran off and is being sought.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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Trees and shrubs enable water to be stored in soil, instead of rapidly running off and floods.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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If on or near Lake Wylie, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
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But the Heat would have nine months to get out of the tax, because tax bills are not set until the final day of the regular season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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“Break out (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://x0upouf933.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/thesaurus/break%20out%20%28of%29. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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