bug out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bug out
Verb
  • The document laid out plans for the Polish army to retreat westward to the Vistula River, which runs through the center of Poland, in case of an invasion from the east by Russia.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • But Newsom appears to have fully retreated on trans-inclusive athletics, conceding to right-wing propagandists Charlie Kirk and Michael Savage without a fuss in the first two episodes of Newsom’s podcast earlier this month.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Ravi Ahuja will depart Roku‘s board of directors after more than a decade, following his promotion to CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The inaugural charter flight departed from Wuxi to Chicago early Friday, carrying more than 100 tons of cargo.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • More than 20 million people are living below the poverty line, and hundreds of thousands more have fled the country.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The next morning he was spotted by law enforcement and tried to flee, but was captured after a brief pursuit on foot.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Alex exits the vehicle and sees a body buried in a nearby snowdrift.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • LaVine exited with 9 minutes remaining with just 10 points on 3-of-8 shooting.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Ed O’Keefe, meanwhile, flew to Ontario to examine the effect of Trump tariffs on electricity from Canada.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
  • On Wednesday, a different plane flying the same route from Charlotte to Augusta also experienced a mechanical issue, American Airlines told CNN.
    Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Once the pandemic came along, Stegemann moved bit by bit from Hamburg out to Bender’s in the countryside.
    Fiona Bornhöft, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The other major addition was a giant digital tapestry that moved slowly up or down the giant canvas behind the Dead, with surreal animation that had more wealth of detail than the naked eye could take in, even over the course of an extended Dead jam.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Hamilton then bolted into the distance at over one second per lap, entirely out of reach.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Things got dicey one day in early 2000 when a student bolted after church, Lamm said, then made her way to a neighbor’s and called her mom and the police.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There are many people who are not getting social service programs, especially people with disabilities.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Their last contest was a slugfest – literally – as the Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves got into a brawl that resulted in multiple ejections.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Bug out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bug%20out. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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