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verb

past tense of escape

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Recent Examples of escaped
Verb
Anderson, who retired his first 10 batters, walked the bases loaded with one out in the fourth, but escaped the jam by striking out Jeremy Peña and getting Diaz to line out. Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025 India escaped the scary moment unscathed. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025 The actor escaped eviction following the public vote, which opted to evict the controversial conservative politician Michael Fabricant instead. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025 The pilot escaped but the passengers couldn’t get out of their safety harnesses and drowned. Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025 The other helicopter went into the Hudson River and sank while being maneuvered at a heliport, but the pilot escaped. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025 For one thing, she was orphaned, with biologists hypothesizing that either her herd left the area or she had somehow been taken by humans to an area further inland and escaped. Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025 By the late 1860s, Crumpler had moved back to Boston with her second husband, Arthur Crumpler, who had escaped from slavery in Virginia during the Civil War. Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025 Baccarin made her debut as Mickey in an April 2024 episode of Fire Country, in which a fire camp inmate escaped from Three Rock and Edgewater’s deputy sheriff was called to investigate. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escaped
Adjective
  • This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.
    Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.
    Claire Marks, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • Acosta-Hernandez fled the vehicle on foot and officers established a perimeter.
    Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Users and advertisers have fled the social media platform, partly in response to Musk’s promotion of conspiracy theories and neo-Nazi accounts.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But in life James resisted metaphor and evaded attention.
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
  • DeAngelo evaded prosecution for years while committing a string of murders and rapes across the Golden State between 1974 and 1986, including two murders and nine kidnappings in Sacramento County alone.
    Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Aggies battled back in the bottom of the sixth, closing the gap to just one run, but couldn’t overcome the loose, motivated Flames squad.
    Lauren Merola, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • Secure loose outdoor items and adjust plans as necessary so you're not caught outside.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • At best, this results in superficial engagement—teams may appear aligned on the surface but lack genuine buy-in as difficult conversations are avoided.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Rays ace Shane McClanahan will miss time with a nerve issue but avoided serious injury in his arm.
    Chris Branch, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the scarier parts of the last few weeks has been this idea that Trump has become totally unbound, even from the few things that kept him on the rails in the first term, such as public opinion and the stock market.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • Trump's attack on birthright citizenship is just one example of a larger, horrifying pattern—a presidency unbound by precedent, marked by an abuse of authority, motivated by division, and willing to trample individual rights for political gain.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The negligent homicide charge stems from the death of Ryleigh Collins, who was unrestrained in the vehicle during the December crash and subsequently died at the scene.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • As Colby and Niro's feud comes to a head, the dramatic tension and weight are better felt, and long-time Lucasfilm Animation fans will appreciate the unrestrained Western vibes at the forefront of this one.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • But as happened in 2024, the House never took up the measure, which would have undone requirements that have been part of Florida’s school accountability system for decades.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 May 2025
  • Effortless and undone styles will remain popular throughout 2025, and floating — essentially wispy — bangs are an easy way to channel the look, says Giannetos.
    Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 1 Apr. 2025

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“Escaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escaped. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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