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verb

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Recent Examples of lam
Noun
When Jax loses custody of her niece to the state, the two go on the lam to find Roki's missing mon. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024 Six months later, he was found in Costa Rica and extradited back to Colorado (Hunsaker later claimed in court filings that going on the lam was his lawyer’s idea). Zach Everson, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Verb
No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan. Andrew Lawrence, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024 One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime. Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for lam 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lam
Noun
  • Looking for escape through others, drinking, working nonstop.
    Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Cooperate with another player or work with an AI companion to solve puzzles and make your escape.
    Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • With the brutality and U.S. support continuing, refugees would continue to flee by sea, landing in South Florida.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Investigators believe that an armed assailant entered the location and fired a gun, and then fled the scene, police said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Foster, fascinated by machines—and perhaps most appreciative of other people when they’re seen from an L. S. Lowry-like distance—had taken to flying gliders, and then planes.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • As guesses fly around the room—parrots, pythons, adopted children, and even beef brisket—the ladies are left trying to figure out what Toya could possibly be revealing.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Jan. 2025

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