as in escapes
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam
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as in flees
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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Noun
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Fares to Rio de Janeiro can run higher, so think of GRU as your gateway, with low-cost carriers like Azul and GOL getting you to coastal escapes in no time.—
Jade Moyano, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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In e-mails from July, 2022, one veterinarian identified fifteen recent escapes, adding that a deeper search of records would likely yield more.—
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Continue reading … OCEAN ESCAPE – Sanctioned tanker flees US forces, now under Russian naval escort off Irish coast.—
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Shane Stant clubs Kerrigan on the knee and flees the scene.—
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So instead, to keep costs down and power up, the Starcloud satellite flies what is known as a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, circling the planet at a near vertical 83° angle that carries it over the poles and keeps it almost constantly exposed to the sun.—
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Across the canyon, flames leapt up the Paseo Miramar trail, still two miles away as the crow flies, but already too close to ignore.—
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Back in 1962, Lilly leaves Juniper Hill with a higher dose of medication, which seems like the best-case scenario given the threat of lobotomy in the show’s opening titles.—
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The key is to fold the scarf over itself to create volume and to look for a lace trim that leaves the hem frayed, so as not to look too formal.—
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“Lams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lams. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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