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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.
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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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Firefighters rescued one person who was trapped and assisted others in escaping the building.Doha Madani, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Melly also faces legal challenges related to his time in jail, including accusations of conspiracy to escape from prison, though these have not been substantiated.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Char Goolsby sat on a brown leather sofa at Carey House in Detroit's storied Boston Edison District, the home she's turned into both an operational hub to get out the vote this election season and a neighborhood campaign center for Vice President Kamala Harris.Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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The night is young, and Steve hasn’t even gotten out his calculator.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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But Trent’s mother is long dead — Celeste has absconded with her mother-in-law’s ashes.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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In August, the most recent month for which the Probation Department provided figures, 402 of the 1,438 people under GPS monitoring had absconded, according to the statement.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jaffer Zaidi, Google global vice president of news partnerships, who is normally based in New York, decamped to Sacramento for two to three weeks as the deal came together, according to another person familiar with the matter.Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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The seat is currently held by Republican Rep. Barry Moore, who has decamped to run in the 1st District to give himself a better shot at reelection.Cooper Burton, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024
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Children on the autism spectrum tend to wander, or elope, from home and other safe places at a higher rate than their peers, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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George and his wife, Claire, eloped in 2019 — Bruce officiated the ceremony — and hosted another wedding in 2021.Nasha Smith, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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He is accused of making off with the nation's secrets and hiding them in his bathroom.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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No one knows exactly how much money Mexican criminal groups make off of migration, including smuggling and kidnapping.Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
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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 Nov. 2024.
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