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Recent Examples of elope
They first wed by eloping to Las Vegas in July 2022, then wed again in a lavish ceremony on the grounds of Affleck’s Georgia estate in August 2022.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
The two ended up eloping a year later after Jelly Roll proposed while onstage at a Yelawolf and Deftones concert.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
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
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
The two ended up eloping a year later after Jelly Roll proposed while onstage at a Yelawolf and Deftones concert.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
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
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Verb
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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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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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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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Many attendees then decamped to the Faena, including Mnuchin and Dina Powell McCormick, the former Trump official who is now vice chair of the investment firm BDT & MSD.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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That could force an uptick in labor costs as restaurant owners rush to make up the difference, but meanwhile, some workers are decamping to greener pastures in search of more money.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
The Tennessean,
18 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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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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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 3 Mar. 2025.
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