as in escapes
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
the captives had been planning to stage a breakout at the next change in shift for the guards
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Recent Examples of breakouts
It’s been glum at the box office with fewer breakouts as the industry struggles to lift grosses from 2024 levels.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Following its role in last year’s historic run for awards season sensation Emilia Pérez, the American French Film Festival returns with a 2025 lineup boasting a pair of projects with Hollywood pedigrees, alongside an array of potential breakouts.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
Poor defensive zone coverage, slapdash breakouts, all-thumbs execution on the puck, and an increasingly vacant effort led to the B’s seventh loss in eighth games and evaporated any good feeling earned by their win over the Avs.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Similar to other chemical exfoliators, mandelic acid helps eliminate dead skin cells to smooth texture, treat breakouts, and brighten skin.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2025
This pack includes 20 microdart patches that deliver active ingredients below the surface to stop breakouts at the source.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The serum blends powerful hydrants with pore-limiting ingredients for a gentle formula that helps deliver glass skin, even to those struggling with breakouts or uneven skin texture.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2025
Intermediate-term overbought conditions are not yet a hindrance, as is often the case with triangle breakouts.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Glacial water helps rebalance minerals, squalane restores suppleness, and olive leaf extract soothes redness and helps keep breakouts in check with its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial properties.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Oct. 2025
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Following its role in last year’s historic run for awards season sensation Emilia Pérez, the American French Film Festival returns with a 2025 lineup boasting a pair of projects with Hollywood pedigrees, alongside an array of potential breakouts.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
Poor defensive zone coverage, slapdash breakouts, all-thumbs execution on the puck, and an increasingly vacant effort led to the B’s seventh loss in eighth games and evaporated any good feeling earned by their win over the Avs.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Similar to other chemical exfoliators, mandelic acid helps eliminate dead skin cells to smooth texture, treat breakouts, and brighten skin.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2025
This pack includes 20 microdart patches that deliver active ingredients below the surface to stop breakouts at the source.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The serum blends powerful hydrants with pore-limiting ingredients for a gentle formula that helps deliver glass skin, even to those struggling with breakouts or uneven skin texture.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2025
Intermediate-term overbought conditions are not yet a hindrance, as is often the case with triangle breakouts.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Glacial water helps rebalance minerals, squalane restores suppleness, and olive leaf extract soothes redness and helps keep breakouts in check with its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial properties.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakouts
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Fares to Rio de Janeiro can run higher, so think of GRU as your gateway, with low-cost carriers like Azul and GOL getting you to coastal escapes in no time.—
Jade Moyano,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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In e-mails from July, 2022, one veterinarian identified fifteen recent escapes, adding that a deeper search of records would likely yield more.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Instead, the focus is on schedule reductions to regional and domestic mainline flights that do not travel between our hub airports.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The company has also launched five suborbital test flights of its Starship megarocket so far this year.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Breakouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakouts. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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