How to Use on the lam in a Sentence

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  • That left 52-year-old Joey Fournier, the only escapee still on the lam.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The suspect fled the scene in a purple Chevy Geo Tracker, and had been on the lam for four days.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Off Beckett goes, on the lam, not knowing from whom or why.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The Italian Mafia boss who set the record for the longest time on the lam was Bernardo Provenzano.
    — Frances D'emilio, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Meanwhile, India, the 9-month-old male tiger in question, is still on the lam.
    — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 13 May 2021
  • But when Maben arrives and throws Russell’s life into chaos, the pair end up on the lam.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
  • One of the two is the sister of a Capitol riot defendant who has been on the lam since 2021.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Jagger was playing a rock star, James Fox was playing the gangster on the lam.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • But a clerical error at the jail put him right back on the lam two days later.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Locating oligarchs on the lam has become a sort of video game for the masses.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Christopher Worrell, who spent weeks on the lam, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Oh, and remember this: Comer’s star witness, a man named Gal Luft, is on the lam.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Pratt spent more than three years on the lam before being arrested in Spain in late 2022.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Sirens whine in the background; informants call with tips; shots of derelict cityscapes suggest the loneliness of life on the lam.
    — Sean Paulsen, The New Yorker, 5 July 2023
  • The roaming bull of Barrington Hills is no longer on the lam, the village has reported.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In May, an inmate who escaped from a prison in Northwestern Ohio died from drowning while on the lam.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 26 July 2023
  • McCluskey was convinced Chadwick was getting help while on the lam.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 2 July 2022
  • Then, after a month on the lam, Riley was discovered by Zachary Hackett, during a hike on May 14.
    — Marissa G. Muller, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • Pratt was arrested in Spain last year after more than three years on the lam but has yet to be extradited to the United States.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The wayward antelope had spent five weeks on the lam, and had been seen wandering around the towns of Ludlow, Wilbraham, Palmer, and Belchertown.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • The alleged killer spent 43 days on the lam before authorities tracked her to a hostel on the Pacific Ocean.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 July 2022
  • Mary, an African antelope at the Lupa Zoo in Ludlow, is back in her enclosure after five weeks on the lam.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • After all, a lot of smart and productive people (not to mention a lot of happy and stable people) don't spend their lives on the lam.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2023
  • To Prokofiev’s ornithological menagerie, which includes a little bird and a duck, Mizrahi has added an ostrich on the lam from the local zoo.
    — The New Yorker, 27 May 2022
  • After two weeks on the lam, his namesake returned home, thanks to a sticky bun snack containing pet-safe Benadryl that the Rumbaughs had left out for him.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Both belonged to Danny Rolling, a Shreveport man who was on the lam after shooting his abusive father.
    — Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2021
  • There was also a romantic subplot where Kimble has an affair with his dead wife’s sister while on the lam.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • The final inmate of four men who escaped a Georgia jail, and had been on the lam for a month, has been caught, authorities said Saturday.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • As can happen in Vegas, things get out of hand, and Charlie ends up on the lam, smashing her smartphone with a rock before taking a long pull from a Coors Light and hitting the road.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023
  • What follows are musical snapshots of an artist, who on the lam from himself, hones a style that will forever change the landscape of modern music.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024

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