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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abscond (with)
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Sacramento State is 4-3 and winner of four of its last five games behind a prolific offense and spirited first-year head coach Brennan Marion.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025 -
In 1911, the Mona Lisa skyrocketed to international fame when a worker from the Louvre hid the small Leonardo da Vinci painting in his coat and spirited it away for two years.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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After becoming an Internet sensation (and an art-world provocateur), the toilet moved to England in 2019, where a trio of thieves snatched it from the birthplace of Winston Churchill in a crime straight out of the board game Clue.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
4 Nov. 2025
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There are swift, serpentine vines dexterous enough to snatch Dek’s supplies; combustible little slugs that detonate like grenades when triggered; and exotic flowers that swell up and squirt paralyzing darts when something approaches.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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But aside from the hard-hitting diplomacy, photographs released by the White House captured a rare candid moment between the two leaders.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Lieutenant Dan, a six-year-old tuxedo tabby who doesn’t let paralysis slow him down, captured a majority of the votes in our contest and rose to the title of Fort Worth’s Cutest Cat.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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What’s more, after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, Czechs who had their property seized by the state were allowed to reclaim much of it through a restitution system – but not ethnic Germans who lost it under the post-war Benes decrees.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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As my daughter’s face paled, and a man in a clown mask stalked the aisles, panic seized my limbs.—
Christa Carmen,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Abscond (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abscond%20%28with%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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