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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Previously, the story followed Zagreus, the painfully cool son of Hades who spent his days making a break for the surface world to escape the overbearing grip of his father.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025 -
Despite sustaining some minor injuries — Ethan sustained several cuts, scrapes and bruises while Brandon sustained a small burn on his forehead and scarring on his hands — the pair escaped relatively unscathed, physically.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Routh allegedly fled the scene but was later arrested by a local sheriff's office on a nearby interstate.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The suspects fled the scene in multiple vehicles.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Also, there is no Santa, but Alexia’s gay Jonny is there to trash-talk Todd once more before flying home to Spain.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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There's an option of them running away together.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
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The victim, 19-year-old Citlaly Morales Martinez was thrown clear of the crash and killed while the driver allegedly ran away and called a friend for a ride out of there.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Now Daphne, unhappily affianced, has run off with one Hop Wingdale, a clarinet player for a band called the Klezmopolitans, and her mother and her would-be future husband have engaged Unamalgamated Ops to bring her home.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Aztecs took an early lead in Pullman two weeks ago before Washington State ran off 29 straight points, including 16 in less than five minutes late in the first half to put the game away.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Despite 268 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque just busting to get out from under its hood, the 2025 Alfa Romeo Tonale sporty SUV needs an infusion of theatricality.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Evelyn has one of her followers, Dwyane (Brandon Jay McLaren), track Alex to ensure none of the info gets out to the public.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 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 29 Sep. 2025.
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