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Recent Examples of elope
So, instead of eloping in defiance of tradition, the charming Raj embarks on a mission to win Simran’s father’s approval in elaborate, often comedic ways.
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Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
They’ve been married for nearly 28 years, after initially eloping in 1997.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
In 2022, a survey of 1,000 unmarried U.S. couples commissioned by Helzberg Diamonds found 62 percent were open to the idea of eloping in order to save money.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Not one of these children have died and none of them have escaped to elope when using their anchoring dog.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2024
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Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
They’ve been married for nearly 28 years, after initially eloping in 1997.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
In 2022, a survey of 1,000 unmarried U.S. couples commissioned by Helzberg Diamonds found 62 percent were open to the idea of eloping in order to save money.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Not one of these children have died and none of them have escaped to elope when using their anchoring dog.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elope
Verb
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After a skirmish, Pretti escaped from the officer and went toward the crowd.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Feb. 2026
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Event Horizon refers to the boundary of a black hole beyond which light can’t escape, according to the National Science Foundation.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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His brooding blue eyes are being absconded with by a Sri Lankan eBay user.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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Otherwise, a relationship with an AI will not be until death do us part — but until the developer has absconded with your personal information and deleted your spouse.—
Lori Andrews,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
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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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Some of those clans have since dwindled or decamped for more populated areas.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Mid-meal, my sister and cousins, tired of all that sitting, would decamp to my grandmother’s room with its two single beds spaced at just the right distance for leaping between.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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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
Verb
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But the reports that got out focused on the inefficiency of the military, and the atrocities that were done against Filipino soldiers and Filipino civilians by American soldiers.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The man who has acted alongside the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Denzel Washington, and Johnny Depp first got into acting at age 16 simply to get out of school.—
Mike Wehner,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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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 6 Feb. 2026.
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