as in to abscond
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Since October, Newsom has advocated for expanding the available amount of money from $330 million to $750 million as Hollywood has hemorrhaged jobs due to the pandemic, strikes by writers and actors, and sets being decamped to economically-friendlier states like Georgia.
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Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
And then there was the schadenfreude of those who had already decamped to greener pastures.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Nicole sold her home in Indio and decamped for parts unknown.
—John McDermott, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Yet many of the high-flying clientele who typically decamp to the French Riviera and Italian coast have found a new spot for their summers away.
—Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
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Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
And then there was the schadenfreude of those who had already decamped to greener pastures.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Nicole sold her home in Indio and decamped for parts unknown.
—John McDermott, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Yet many of the high-flying clientele who typically decamp to the French Riviera and Italian coast have found a new spot for their summers away.
—Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamp
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Not unlike Annie, Stack’s ex-lover Mary (Hailee Steinfeld) feels scorned after being abandoned for seven years in Mississippi while Stack absconded to Chicago for money.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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Sand, the more skittish of the pair, absconded to Canada.—
John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
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Eventually, in a moment of crisis, Titch also escapes with him on it, kicking off what will become a wild continent-hopping odyssey.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
21 July 2025
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The project explores the tension between love and loneliness, questioning whether one escapes solitude by helping others find meaningful relationships.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
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So, just recently, in – in the Midwest, that work by NOAA and the weather forecasting system and the labs helped give information about how to get out of the way of a tornado two hours in advance, not 15 minutes or 13 minutes, but two hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 July 2025
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Fried threw one more pitch, a changeup, to get out of the inning and then showed the Yankees the blister.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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After 19 years and two sons together, Jenny and Willy McLaughlin eloped on a Florida beach last week.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
17 July 2025
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The couple eventually eloped in Vegas in 1996 following a brief split.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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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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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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The men used a crowbar to break in, the indictment said, but fled before making off with anything.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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Knowing this, knowing that the briny deep awaits and that nobody’s coming to your rescue—along with the loot, the captain’s made off with the ship’s radio—would anyone blame you for being a little put-upon?—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
13 June 2025
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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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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decamp. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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