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Recent Examples of scram
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.
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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
When Fleck makes a young boy on the bus laugh with his goofy faces, he’s immediately met with a threat from the boy’s mother to cut it out and scram.
—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
In three seasons with the Pacers (before Donnie Walsh ditched him after Indiana brought back Larry Bird) and two more with the Knicks (before Walsh, again, told him to scram), Thomas has a 187-223 record (.456).
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
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
When Fleck makes a young boy on the bus laugh with his goofy faces, he’s immediately met with a threat from the boy’s mother to cut it out and scram.
—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
In three seasons with the Pacers (before Donnie Walsh ditched him after Indiana brought back Larry Bird) and two more with the Knicks (before Walsh, again, told him to scram), Thomas has a 187-223 record (.456).
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scram
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With Christopher Nkunku dropping deep to receive the ball, Cole Palmer, thanks to Reece James pushing into midfield, escapes the clutches of Carlos Baleba, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood — a situation that rarely came about in the 70 minutes before that — to find space.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Flaco escaped from the Central Park Zoo when an unknown vandal cut open the mesh of his enclosure.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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The victim was able to get out of the vehicle within a short time and ran to a nearby residence.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Hours before the Magic battled the new-look Kings late Wednesday night at Golden 1 Center, All-Star forward Paolo Banchero laid out exactly how Orlando would get out of its 4-game skid.—
Jason Beede,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 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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Elon Musk moved automaker Tesla Inc. and social-media platform X to the Austin area, while Chevron Corp. and Charles Schwab Corp. decamped for Houston and Westlake, respectively.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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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.—
Leah Faye Cooper,
Vogue,
4 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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But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min's skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Before leaving, her killers made off with a Beretta handgun, an AK-47-style rifle, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, a green safe and jade figurines.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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The group stole ATMs from inside the stores and made off with cash and other goods before speeding away in getaway cars that were also stolen, police said.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
5 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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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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“Scram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scram. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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