ABSCONDING (WITH) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

absconding (with)

verb

present participle of abscond (with)

as in snatching

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Scylla pounces, snatching members of the crew between her jaws.

— Chris Moody, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Kane spent more than a decade plugging away, loyally, at his first club, Tottenham Hotspur, a perpetual Premier League bridesmaid (or worse) whose name has become a byword for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

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The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has been capturing some of the Red Planet's most surreal landscapes, and its latest images reveal a sprawling field that looks like molten metal frozen across the floor of an ancient Mars crater.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026
The companies that did were far more likely to report capturing real value from their AI investments, roughly 76% of them, against about half of the companies where that accountability sat with the CIO or CTO.

— David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of capturing

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Many developed a deep affection for the country and its artistic innovations, while seizing on business opportunities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
And some have responded by seizing the female obsession with looks, already rooted in misogyny, and rebranding it with maximum toxicity—in other words, by becoming looksmaxxers.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

Definition of seizing

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That is how a quick hotel Wi-Fi session can turn into someone hijacking an account, locking you out, racking up charges or selling your access on the side.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
Britain’s far-right has a history of hijacking incidents like this to use as fuel for their own narratives.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 June 2026

Definition of hijacking

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That has been Jordan Phillips’ norm every time the whistle blow during practices, and the Miami Dolphins’ second-year nose tackle isn’t focused on impressing his new coaches.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
There, check out the Harbor View Cafe, which has been impressing visitors since 1980.

— Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

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