A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ESCAPEE

Sun, 26 May '24
Someone who hopes to stay out of the spotlight?
Sun, 7 Apr '24
The one who got away?
Tue, 23 May '23
One on the lam
Thu, 8 Sep '22
One on the run
Sun, 31 Jul '22
Andy Dufresne in "The Shawshank Redemption," e.g.