escape detection
idiom
: to not be discovered, found, or noticed
Many cases of fraud escape detection.
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Schmitt said miners have adapted to escape detection by working at night, setting camp under the forest canopy and choosing old mining pits instead of clearing forest to open new ones.
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Fabiano Maisonnave, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
Frodo slips it on multiple times to escape detection.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
The worry is that an object just a little larger than Saturday’s missile could again escape detection and explode with lethal effect over an unaware, unwarned city.
—Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 20 May 2024
But Hamas’ planning did not totally escape detection.
—Haleigh Bartos, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
In each case, armed drones were able to escape detection and exploit coverage gaps in older systems built with larger piloted aircraft in mind.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2020
The vessels move very low in the water to escape detection but rarely are able to fully submerge.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 May 2023
To escape detection and moderation, smugglers recruiting drivers do not mention delivering migrants across the border.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
The vessels move very low in the water to escape detection but rarely are able to fully submerge.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 May 2023
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Fabiano Maisonnave, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
Frodo slips it on multiple times to escape detection.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
The worry is that an object just a little larger than Saturday’s missile could again escape detection and explode with lethal effect over an unaware, unwarned city.
—Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 20 May 2024
But Hamas’ planning did not totally escape detection.
—Haleigh Bartos, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
In each case, armed drones were able to escape detection and exploit coverage gaps in older systems built with larger piloted aircraft in mind.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2020
The vessels move very low in the water to escape detection but rarely are able to fully submerge.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 May 2023
To escape detection and moderation, smugglers recruiting drivers do not mention delivering migrants across the border.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
The vessels move very low in the water to escape detection but rarely are able to fully submerge.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 May 2023
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“Escape detection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escape%20detection. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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