are escaping
- present progressive of escape.
Example Sentences
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Immigration agents have also seized people who are seeking asylum because they are escaping religious persecution.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2025
The findings, led by a team from the University of Colorado Boulder, could help reveal how the atmospheres around these and a host of other worlds are escaping into space.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023
Most of the migrants are from Cuba and Haiti and are escaping economic turmoil, food shortages and soaring inflation.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
Owners of dogs using beach no-go areas are escaping fines because two new council warden jobs have failed to attract a sniff of interest.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022
Potato insects are escaping chemical control in many sections of the United States.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
