as in to abscond
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Recent Examples of decamp
To mark the 2025 Lunar New Year and celebrate the Year of the Snake, Mar decamped NYC for Sin City, hosting her annual bash at Delilah at Wynn Las Vegas.
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Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Financially ailing Groupon, which had occupied 300,000 square feet there, decamped about a year ago for a 25,000-square-foot space in the Loop.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
After that evening’s long ceremony (ended after 1 a.m.), friends and associates of the band decamped for an ultra-late blast through even more songs from the Nirvana canon featuring all of the evening’s singers.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
As of Friday, Goldsmith was staying in Sherman Oaks with his wife, Mandy Moore, and their three kids, before decamping to a rental home in Palm Springs in search of clean air.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Financially ailing Groupon, which had occupied 300,000 square feet there, decamped about a year ago for a 25,000-square-foot space in the Loop.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
After that evening’s long ceremony (ended after 1 a.m.), friends and associates of the band decamped for an ultra-late blast through even more songs from the Nirvana canon featuring all of the evening’s singers.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
As of Friday, Goldsmith was staying in Sherman Oaks with his wife, Mandy Moore, and their three kids, before decamping to a rental home in Palm Springs in search of clean air.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamp
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Mia Yim interfered after with a kendo stick, and even after Piper absconded the stick, Yim got the better of Niven.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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What better place to abscond to than your grandparents’ bougie house, a place where the mere mention of your mother’s name elicits automatic rage?—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
11 Nov. 2024
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The 48 men were arrested by Thai authorities 11 years ago after crossing the border to Thailand in an attempt to escape persecution in China and had been kept in detention and legal limbo ever since.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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But in 2023 she and her associate Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested for child abuse after one of Franke’s sons escaped from Hildebrandt’s home in Utah.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2025
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When the victim got out to take a photo of the driver, Angstadt became enraged, hit the gas pedal and sped toward him, police said.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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In Benin, a program brought together farmer and pastoralist communities to spread the word about looming dry spells because drought meant herders would sometimes bring their animals to graze on other people’s farms, and conflicts would get out of hand.—
Somini Sengupta,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The couple eloped to Las Vegas and married on May 1, 1996.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Ahead of the baby's arrival, the two eloped at the Intercontinental Miracle Mile in Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 22.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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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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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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The thief made off with five boxes, each of which typically holds a month’s supply and costs 700 to 1,100 Brazilian reais, or about $120 to $190, while the average monthly income is about $300.—
Flávia Milhorance,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Catherine frequently made off with garments that did not belong to her, stealing coats, dresses, and hats from friends and merchants.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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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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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decamp. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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