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Recent Examples of escape hatch
With the team well out of contention the Red Sox found an escape hatch in the form of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who agreed to take on not only Crawford’s but also Josh Beckett’s remaining contract as part of a larger blockbuster built around first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 June 2025
Mars may never be another Earth, but the idea of an escape hatch or a pressure valve for our planet is logical.
—Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Granted, there’s a minor farcical streak that offers the film a bit of an escape hatch.
—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
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 June 2025
Mars may never be another Earth, but the idea of an escape hatch or a pressure valve for our planet is logical.
—Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Granted, there’s a minor farcical streak that offers the film a bit of an escape hatch.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escape hatch
Noun
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Few warm-weather escapes are complete without plenty of pool time–and the resort’s Baia delle Palme pool, an expansive aquatic zone, raises the bar for splish-splashy fun in the sun.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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What begins as a brief detour spirals into a surreal escape where time, desire, and reality begin to unravel.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Sir Lucian is the CEO of a multinational enterprise; his days are spent determining and implementing global strategy, not vetting individual tracks or album covers or driving the release and promotional plans for any one recording.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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The decision comes after a decade on the market and more than 90,000 units sold, according to a January news release.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escape%20hatch. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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