miraculous escape

collocation in English

meaningsofmiraculousandescape

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miraculous
adjective
uk
/mɪˈræk.jə.ləs/us
/məˈræk.jə.ləs/
very effective or surprising, or difficult ...
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escape
noun
uk
/ɪˈskeɪp/us
/ɪˈskeɪp/
the act of successfully getting out of a place or a dangerous or ...
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(Definition ofmiraculousandescapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The delivery man was upstairs working and had amiraculousescapewith few injuries.
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There were heartrending pictures showing themiraculousescapeof the people who lived there.
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He claimed some sort ofmiraculousescapebut quite some people expressed doubt regarding his story.
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He first gained fame by virtue of a seeminglymiraculousescapefrom a shipwreck in 1555.
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The story of themiraculousescapebecame part of contemporary lore and government propaganda.
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He is picked up by a seal hunting schooner, but hismiraculousescapeturns into a brutal struggle for survival.
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He misses the first half of the season and was reported to have had amiraculousescape.
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This however was not the onlymiraculousescapethat his piety afforded him.
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It was a "miraculousescape" as the locals could not believe that a boat could have survived in such weather.
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He had amiraculousescapeas he had gone out to return nature's call and hence turned out to be the lone survivor.
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Hismiraculousescapewas due to his having fallen from his bed under a table which supported the weight of the bricks.
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At the camp, they discovered one soldier who had made amiraculousescapeby being carried down the river and then making his way back to the camp.
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She claimed to have had many miraculous escapes from death.
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Stories were told about his miraculous escapes from the forces of law.
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