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Recent Examples of escape hatch
This time, there is no Chicago looking for an escape hatch, or no Atlanta being unable to sustain.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Senate Republicans nonetheless see reconciliation as an escape hatch to Trump’s fuming over the filibuster, which is allowing Democrats to block the SAVE America Act and funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
Further testing discovered a hole in a steel pipe within the well, about 2,700 feet deep, a potential escape hatch for oil field wastewater.
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Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
Further testing discovered a hole in a steel pipe within the well, about 2,700 feet deep, a potential escape hatch for oil field wastewater.
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Nick Bowlin,
ProPublica,
12 Feb. 2026
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Senate Republicans nonetheless see reconciliation as an escape hatch to Trump’s fuming over the filibuster, which is allowing Democrats to block the SAVE America Act and funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
Further testing discovered a hole in a steel pipe within the well, about 2,700 feet deep, a potential escape hatch for oil field wastewater.
—
Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
Further testing discovered a hole in a steel pipe within the well, about 2,700 feet deep, a potential escape hatch for oil field wastewater.
—
Nick Bowlin,
ProPublica,
12 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for escape hatch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escape hatch
Noun
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The guests’ request for an escape-room experience, while annoying, is much more understandable.
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This small city on Florida’s central Gulf Coast offers an escape everyone in the family will enjoy, from toddlers all the way up to the grandparents.
Noun
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The release of the new batch of episodes almost perfectly coincides with an exceptionally rainy, stormy and destructive year for Chicago and Illinois as a whole.
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The wire seals certify a vessel had either been decontaminated and inspected for invasive species or was last launched in the Lake Tahoe basin, agency officials said in a news release.
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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escape%20hatch. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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