They cheated death in the stormy sea.

他们从狂风暴雨的大海中死里逃生。

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The sailors cheated death in the stormy seas.

海员们从狂风暴雨的大海中死里逃生。

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The swimmers cheated death in spite of storm.

尽管狂风暴雨，游泳的人安然无恙（逃脱了死亡）。

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Gary Doan is an entrepreneur who cheated death and now finds himself riding all the right trends.

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Many people had horror stories of how they cheated death by clinging on to trees or hiding within temples.

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The Guardian describes the accident as a "fireball in the rush hour", while the headline in the Daily Star calls it a "flaming miracle" more people were not killed as "hundreds cheated death".

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