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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An Army spokesman on Thursday confirmed that two inmates tried to escape late last month.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2025 -
Though their time together was fleeting, her daughter Teresa, who is going to unintentionally enter the same dangerous environment her mother once escaped, will live with the effects.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The cruel politics of South Carolina lawmakers are harming families and destroying a health care system as more and more providers flee the state.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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As the Nazis encroached on Czechoslovakia in 1938, the Löw-Beers fled.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 May 2025
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An asteroid the size of a football stadium will fly safely by Earth on Friday, May 9, 2025, 23 years after its discovery.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now targeting the first quarter of 2027 for its first astronaut launch, which was originally planned to fly in 2022.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
8 May 2025
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The documentary also reveals the story of Alison Chambers, who had run away from home.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
14 May 2025
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But to this point, Ellie has been written as weirdly unbothered most of the time about Joel’s death to the point where this mission has felt like a fun road trip with Dina outside of the occasionally running away from Clickers or WLF.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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The Dodgers went into the Wrigley Field crowd after a fan ran off with Chad Kreuter’s cap in the ninth inning of a 6-5 victory.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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The demonstrator, who had a slim build and was clad all in black, ran off.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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The Oilers got out in front early, scoring just 1:27 into the game off the stick of Adam Henrique, his second goal of the playoffs, which turned out to be all the Oilers would need.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Luckily, all the scammers got out of me was a quick bite on the end of their phishing lure.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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“Break out (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/break%20out%20%28of%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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