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as in fled
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time
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as in evaded
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment
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Recent Examples of escaped
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Residents in the region say they have been targeted by a coalition led by an escaped prisoner who had been condemned to life in prison before escaping.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
His car was found on the Turkey Creek Bridge near Denver, where he had been abducted by an escaped murderer, Joseph Corbett, looking for a quick get-rich scheme.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, pleaded with President Lincoln to allow Blacks to be able to join the Union.
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Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
An ambush at a Boise hospital left three Department of Correction officers with gunshot wounds and two suspects, including an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the scene.
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Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
Her grandfather was an escaped slave from Missouri who made his way to Grinnell via the Underground Railroad in 1859 and established himself there as a barber, according to historical records cited by the Drake Community Library.
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Nick El Hajj,
Des Moines Register,
5 Jan. 2026
When an escaped Eleven finds her way to a diner (the image of a bald Brown in a hospital gown shoving fries into her mouth is indelible), Brenner’s team impersonates social services, kills the kind proprietor, but fails to apprehend her.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Raymond Strickland,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
And this has not escaped Justice Alito's notice.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
25 June 2026
The giraffe, described as having signature rounded ears, escaped from the Cedar Hollow Ranch in Real County, Texas, after climbing up a rocky area to make it outside the property's game fence, Sheriff Nathan Johnson and ranch manager Vick Jones told USA TODAY.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Across TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, a growing number of songs from wildly different genres and countries have escaped their original context entirely.
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Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
One escaped unharmed and was assisted by emergency teams.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
Payton and Martin could have escaped without shooting into the crowded street corner, the prosecutor argued.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Kansas City police are continuing to search for a 22-year-old man suspected of instigating a string of shootings Tuesday night, who has now escaped two standoffs with law enforcement.
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Ilana Arougheti
june 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Over the course of a 60-yard run, Maradona danced past opponents, escaped challenges and left English defenders helpless before beating the goalkeeper with a clinical finish.
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Cesar R. Torres,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
Adjective
Before the successful capture, the Galahad SPCA said it had been asked not to capture the escaped marsupial or otherwise intervene.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Residents in the region say they have been targeted by a coalition led by an escaped prisoner who had been condemned to life in prison before escaping.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
His car was found on the Turkey Creek Bridge near Denver, where he had been abducted by an escaped murderer, Joseph Corbett, looking for a quick get-rich scheme.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, pleaded with President Lincoln to allow Blacks to be able to join the Union.
—
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
An ambush at a Boise hospital left three Department of Correction officers with gunshot wounds and two suspects, including an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the scene.
—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
Her grandfather was an escaped slave from Missouri who made his way to Grinnell via the Underground Railroad in 1859 and established himself there as a barber, according to historical records cited by the Drake Community Library.
—
Nick El Hajj,
Des Moines Register,
5 Jan. 2026
When an escaped Eleven finds her way to a diner (the image of a bald Brown in a hospital gown shoving fries into her mouth is indelible), Brenner’s team impersonates social services, kills the kind proprietor, but fails to apprehend her.
—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Verb
Emilio Buitrago, who was born in Venezuela but moved to Philadelphia in the 1990s, says his cousin narrowly escaped her apartment building during the earthquakes.
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Raymond Strickland,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
And this has not escaped Justice Alito's notice.
—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
25 June 2026
The giraffe, described as having signature rounded ears, escaped from the Cedar Hollow Ranch in Real County, Texas, after climbing up a rocky area to make it outside the property's game fence, Sheriff Nathan Johnson and ranch manager Vick Jones told USA TODAY.
—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Across TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, a growing number of songs from wildly different genres and countries have escaped their original context entirely.
—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
One escaped unharmed and was assisted by emergency teams.
—
ABC News,
25 June 2026
Payton and Martin could have escaped without shooting into the crowded street corner, the prosecutor argued.
—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Kansas City police are continuing to search for a 22-year-old man suspected of instigating a string of shootings Tuesday night, who has now escaped two standoffs with law enforcement.
—
Ilana Arougheti
june 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Over the course of a 60-yard run, Maradona danced past opponents, escaped challenges and left English defenders helpless before beating the goalkeeper with a clinical finish.
—
Cesar R. Torres,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escaped
Adjective
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Another unconfined delegation that should be subject to judicial scrutiny is provided by the Civil Rights Restoration Act, passed by the Democrats over President Ronald Reagan’s veto, which established the government’s power to arbitrarily withhold funding from universities.
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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.
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By that point, Shockley had fled the state, testimony later showed.
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The suspect then fled into a wooded are nearby.
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California Highway Patrol arrested a Sacramento man who police say evaded arrest and stole a patrol car, the Sacramento Police Department announced Friday afternoon.
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For years, Heuermann evaded law enforcement despite the discovery of four of the victims' remains in 2010.
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The pace of rumors concerning Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s pending wedding exploded this week, helped in large part by a big-city mayor with loose lips.
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When Díaz underwent the procedure to remove loose bodies from his elbow in late April, the Dodgers eyed a post-All-Star break return.
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Malepeai, her co-defendant Freddie Lee Davis III, and two others who avoided federal charges were identified by police as members of a robbery crew that committed violent purse snatchings around the Bay Area.
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After not being present for voluntary activities throughout the offseason, Pickens avoided a contract holdout situation and reported to The Star for the first time since the conclusion of the 2025 season.
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His vibrant original compositions were faithfully reproduced using stencil and combined with an original text written by the artist to form the unbound book.
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Beginning March 7, the Art Institute of Chicago will be displaying an exhibition featuring a colorful unbound book of late-career works by French artist Henri Matisse.
Adjective
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Trump unleashed on the first-term senator in a Truth Social post on June 14.
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Once unleashed, as a native of Salem would surely understand, that contagion can be hard to contain.
Adjective
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During the limited time the media could observe training, Pulisic looked to be unrestrained and moving freely.
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Alessi is unrestrained joy in tabletop form.
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“Escaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escaped. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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