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The couple became engaged in January 2008 and eloped in April of that year, marrying in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, according to E!
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Intimacy was everything for Alexandria Thompson, 30, and Ashwani Srivastava, 39, who are planning to elope in Las Vegas in May 2026 before their March 2027 wedding.
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Kristy Alpert,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
Long enamoured with Italy, the couple eloped in Puglia in 2019, later setting out to translate the same sense of romance, craftsmanship, and unhurried beauty to the folds of the Noosa hinterland.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
However, if a board merited a deeper dive (say, a tester fell in love with a certain shape and wanted to elope), longer testing was par for the course.
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Drew Zieff,
Outside,
7 Nov. 2025
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Intimacy was everything for Alexandria Thompson, 30, and Ashwani Srivastava, 39, who are planning to elope in Las Vegas in May 2026 before their March 2027 wedding.
—
Kristy Alpert,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
Long enamoured with Italy, the couple eloped in Puglia in 2019, later setting out to translate the same sense of romance, craftsmanship, and unhurried beauty to the folds of the Noosa hinterland.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
However, if a board merited a deeper dive (say, a tester fell in love with a certain shape and wanted to elope), longer testing was par for the course.
—
Drew Zieff,
Outside,
7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elope
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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At the same time, East Florida's population was growing as British loyalists fled Georgia and the Carolinas to escape harassment from supporters of independence.
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The judge even suggested her police detail might help her abscond.
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Court records show that Rostas, who was in immigration removal proceedings in New York and placed into the Alternative to Detention program, absconded from the program in March 2023.
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No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.
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One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.
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The bulk of the agency will decamp to move in with DDA in the Bradbury building in August.
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Some members of Swalwell’s digital team, who previously worked for Newsom, have since decamped for the Becerra campaign.
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The chicks reportedly also told Fiona the squirrel to scram—just like mom.
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Zoom in: Privacy and security are big: The house has a private gate and parking so no one has to use the main door, security offices for guests' staff and a bedroom with a secret exit should important visitors need to scram.
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In the year since RJ and Annie Harber lost their young daughters in the Central Texas floods, getting out of bed has become difficult.
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Marsee's first of the night added one more run before the A's finally got out of the inning.
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Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
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Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.
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“Elope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elope. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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