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Recent Examples of elope
That's So Raven script, says costar Anneliese van der Pol
Van der Pol and Wilson, who ironically played his wife's onscreen ex-husband on the Raven spinoff, eloped at the courthouse nearly a year after their engagement.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Cho and Nguyen, who met on the dating app Tinder, are considering eloping at New York City Hall and having a fun photoshoot with friends within six months.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
The pair got engaged in 2019 and eloped two years later.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
The two went on to elope in 1996 and eventually welcomed their now-adult children: Michael, 27, Lola, 23, and Joaquin, 21.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Cho and Nguyen, who met on the dating app Tinder, are considering eloping at New York City Hall and having a fun photoshoot with friends within six months.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
The pair got engaged in 2019 and eloped two years later.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
The two went on to elope in 1996 and eventually welcomed their now-adult children: Michael, 27, Lola, 23, and Joaquin, 21.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elope
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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.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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The first Cassidy pinfall fans fell for was when Cassidy absconded the briefcase and struck Jon Moxley.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
23 Nov. 2024
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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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Countless sports teams from the Premier League to the NFL have decamped from their spiritual homes to brand-new stadiums.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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The city lost most of the London squad that decamped here last year, including Martine Rose and David Koma, but will welcome British newcomers Qasimi and Saul Nash.—
Martino Carrera,
WWD,
6 Jan. 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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Sitting in front of him was the angry sentry known as Devlin’s Billabong, named when Bruce Devlin needed six shots to get out of the pond in the final round of the 1975 Andy Williams Open.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The battle against the Knights got out of hand quickly as TCU started the game in the worst fashion.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2025
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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 30 Jan. 2025.
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