as in to escape
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The former couple eloped back in 2017 before having a wedding in 2019, which was previously documented on the TLC show.
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Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
Ball and Arnaz eloped six months after meeting each other
After Too Many Girls wrapped, Ball and Arnaz continued their relationship amid their respective hectic schedules, with long-distance calls that the actress later estimated to total up to $29,000, per Coyne Sanders’ biography, Desilu.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
The couple would go on to elope at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in 1968 with good friend and director Arthur Hiller and musician Tiny Tim serving as witnesses.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 17 July 2024
Of course, Louise wouldn’t go to Marilyn’s second wedding: she wasn’t even asked to go to her first, what with Marilyn stealing her boyfriend and eloping with him.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 July 2024
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An 11-year-old sister who was shot but survived by playing dead managed to escape the home through a window and went to a neighbor’s home, a King County sheriff’s detective wrote in an affidavit.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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The organizations work together to provide resources and support to help domestic violence shelters become pet friendly so survivors and their animals can escape and begin their healing journey together.Bruna Nessif, Variety, 24 Oct. 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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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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Now and its predecessor, June’s Never Better, were recorded during the same sessions late last year, when the band decamped to a secluded ranch in California.Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
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For generations, Mexican immigrants have landed in this area before decamping to Los Angeles.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 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
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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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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 16 Nov. 2024.
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