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Recent Examples of escape hatch
Granted, there’s a minor farcical streak that offers the film a bit of an escape hatch.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 May 2025
The homes are connected by a tunnel leading to a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter, reportedly equipped with an escape hatch, a library, and bomb shelter-style steel-and-concrete doors.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
An escape hatch for Brunson, then trapped in no man’s land.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
An act of Mother Nature may have provided a convenient escape hatch.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 May 2025
The homes are connected by a tunnel leading to a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter, reportedly equipped with an escape hatch, a library, and bomb shelter-style steel-and-concrete doors.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
An escape hatch for Brunson, then trapped in no man’s land.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
An act of Mother Nature may have provided a convenient escape hatch.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escape hatch
Noun
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For Carrington, born in 1917, art was an escape from her genteel, repressive British upbringing.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Lake Placid’s renaissance has transformed it into Central Florida's most surprising small-town escape with an unhurried pace and a slice of Americana.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Southern Living,
22 July 2025
Noun
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The beaver pond upstream of Lake Angeline drained early Thursday, July 17, causing reddish sediment to empty into the water, according to a news release from the DNR.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the judge at Hernandez’s 2017 trial gave improper instructions to the jury, warranting either a new trial or his release from custody.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escape%20hatch. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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