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Recent Examples of elope
Ripa and Consuelos soon began dating and eloped to Las Vegas in 1996.
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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
Neil Perry of country trio The Band Perry has eloped — exchanging vows with his now-wife Sofia Sclafani on September 4 in Wyoming.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
Wildenstein married her art dealer husband in 1978 after eloping to Las Vegas.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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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
Neil Perry of country trio The Band Perry has eloped — exchanging vows with his now-wife Sofia Sclafani on September 4 in Wyoming.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
Wildenstein married her art dealer husband in 1978 after eloping to Las Vegas.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elope
Verb
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Then her best friend joined the Navy, and Thorn saw a way to escape.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Dozens of New Snowbird Options to Florida Allegiant Air, Breeze Airways, and Southwest are adding dozens of new routes to the Sunshine State just in time for northerners to escape the next six weeks of winter.—
Edward Russell,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Yes, Albrecht Escher absconded with Lasher and left Sip holding the bag, with nothing but a passive-aggressive voice note on a bottle of brown liquor by way of good-bye.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
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The perpetrator encourages the victim to transfer large amounts of money towards investments like cryptocurrency; once the scam is done, the scam artist absconds with the money.—
Chloe Berger,
Fortune Asia,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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For the Rome Prize, the family rehomed livestock and decamped to Italy for six months.—
Sara James Mnookin,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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After a decade as the breakout brand of Copenhagen Fashion Week, Ganni decamped to Paris in September for its runway show, as reported.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
22 Nov. 2024
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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
Verb
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That's a large sum of money that someone could use to get out the country.—
Anne-Marie Green,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Some of the prisoners apparently were hoping to get out in time to drop by the inaugural balls.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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 6 Feb. 2025.
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