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Recent Examples of elope
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
Locks and Children's Protective Services There were numerous occasions in which the family’s middle child, Jeremiah, eloped, leaving the safety of a responsible caregiver.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
They’ve been married for nearly 28 years, after initially eloping in 1997.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Not one of these children have died and none of them have escaped to elope when using their anchoring dog.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2024
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Drew Zieff, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025
Locks and Children's Protective Services There were numerous occasions in which the family’s middle child, Jeremiah, eloped, leaving the safety of a responsible caregiver.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
They’ve been married for nearly 28 years, after initially eloping in 1997.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Not one of these children have died and none of them have escaped to elope when using their anchoring dog.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elope
Verb
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Fortunately, fire crews only had to focus on getting the fire out as the two families were able to escape on their own.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Chesney had escaped from an outside enclosure on March 25, after being frightened by some unknown barking dogs.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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Guthrie and her siblings recorded videos, pleading for news, for help, for a merciful change of heart from whoever had absconded with their mom.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Three months later, another seven players from the senior national team absconded in the same country.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Andrew Lawrence,
Peoplemag,
17 Feb. 2024
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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.—
Keith Phipps,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2023
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Kalanick is the latest tech boss to decamp to Texas from California’s technology locus.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Michael and Jenna Morton decided to decamp the chilly temps of Chicago for the sunny desert clime of Las Vegas back in 2003.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
11 Oct. 2024
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As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.—
Danielle Paquette,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2019
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Rodriguez got out of the Mercedes and approached Wu, who drove off — so Rodriguez opened fire, hitting Wu in the back, the feds allege.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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As tough as the course could be if players got out of position, 10 players managed to break 70.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2023
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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.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
5 Aug. 2019
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“Elope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elope. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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