LAMMING Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

lamming

verb

present participle of lam

as in escaping

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time

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Beneficiaries include people recovering from natural disasters, families traveling for medical care and survivors escaping domestic violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Jaros and Rauh also try to account for the uncertainty over whether taxes can be collected from other billionaires, such as the ones who have left since the beginning of the year and may thus have a legal case for escaping the tax.

— Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

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Bomfim is accused of fleeing to Brazil on July 12, the day after the child’s mother discovered the footage.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the loser in Brazil’s presidential elections Sunday, arrived in Miami on Wednesday after fleeing his home country in a secretive mission that has drawn speculation and controversy.

— Florencia Cabral, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

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Reporting from Tel Aviv Shlomit Ofir is one of the many Israelis flying in from abroad to cast their votes in today’s election.

— Yarden Segev, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
The Air Force puts the missile’s range at approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), allowing aircraft to launch it from a considerable distance rather than flying directly over hostile territory.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026

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