decamp

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Recent Examples of decamp Darkside decamped to a studio in the south of France, and recorded the remainder of the album in studios in Los Angeles and Paris. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025 The trio decamped to Mulaney’s dressing room, which was a cozy jumble of books, shopping bags, and framed pictures of his two young children. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 Thousands of Russian professionals have since decamped in Armenia to both avoid the military draft as well as onerous Western sanctions, boosting a local economy that grew 8.7% last year. Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024 Key Background Trump decamped to Mar-a-Lago after his win, holding meetings with his inner circle, administration hopefuls and transition team to craft his second term agenda and build out his staff. Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for decamp 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamp
Verb
  • Upon arrival at the incident location, an agent driving a Border Patrol vehicle collided with an individual who then absconded into Mexico.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The first Cassidy pinfall fans fell for was when Cassidy absconded the briefcase and struck Jon Moxley.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Whatever happens, Iris can’t escape her programming, which obliges her to always be truthful, but doesn’t abide by Asimov’s second rule of robotics, which dictates that such a machine must not harm a human.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
  • 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.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Still said the family had about five minutes to get out the door.
    Ryan Kellman, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
  • That's a large sum of money that someone could use to get out the country.
    Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Ripa and Consuelos soon began dating and eloped to Las Vegas in 1996.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The couple were high school sweethearts and went on to elope in 1989 at the height of Bon Jovi's fame.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • 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
  • As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Peter Rodriguez, 45, made off with $1,616 in cash from the Santander Bank branch on Prospect Park West near Windsor Place, in Windsor Terrace, around 9:55 a.m., said police.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Several times, the ring made off with multiple cars at once.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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