as in avoids
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high
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The city has spent beyond sustainable levels, and pausing reserves avoids the structural fixes needed.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026 -
But the better course might be to allow the state to go back to a single, simple plate design — one that avoids the fiscal entanglements and ideological biases of the current program.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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But even if Booker’s appearance evades the FCC’s scrutiny, the commission is closely watching TV talk programs, with The View in particular a subject of interest.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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Austin escapes the clinic through the ceiling and calls Eunice from a cab to the police station.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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The moving drama revolves on a young boy, the film’s titular character, who escapes the bombing of his southern Iranian village in which his family is killed.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Scapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scapes. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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