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Recent Examples of elope
After 19 years and two sons together, Jenny and Willy McLaughlin eloped on a Florida beach last week.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025
The couple eventually eloped in Vegas in 1996 following a brief split.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 16 July 2025
Despite the incident, the couple moved forward, with the pair announcing their engagement in November 2024 and eloping in March 2025.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 9 July 2025
They got engaged the following year and then eloped in 2021.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 3 July 2025
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025
The couple eventually eloped in Vegas in 1996 following a brief split.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 16 July 2025
Despite the incident, the couple moved forward, with the pair announcing their engagement in November 2024 and eloping in March 2025.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 9 July 2025
They got engaged the following year and then eloped in 2021.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elope
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Both eateries are open to the public, making this a great place to escape from the heat of the day while peeking inside the incredible interior of this historic building.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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What does this have to do with the series’ opening scene, in which nurse Melvin (Dan Fogler, whose recognizability counts as an early spoiler) escapes from a burning apartment, unable to save his mother?—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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Becky Lynch hit the ring, but Lyra absconded her kendo stick.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Things went south for Run the World when society reopened and people absconded from virtual events.—
Alexandra Sternlicht,
Fortune,
9 July 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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In New York, where several of the Texas Democrats decamped to avoid arrest, Gov. Kathy Hochul held a press conference in support of the lawmakers, indicating that her majority-blue state would explore redrawing its own electoral map.—
Liz Baker,
NPR,
4 Aug. 2025
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After marrying in 1979, the couple then decamped for New York, where Leichtman got an advanced degree in securities law—an LL.M.—at Columbia and then worked in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes.com,
11 June 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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Also an original story, Weapons stars Julia Garner as a teacher who learns that 17 of the 18 children in her classroom simultaneously got out of bed and ran off into the night the exact same time, 2:17 a.m.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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His whole motive from the beginning is just to get out and be free.—
Vincent Perella,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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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 20 Aug. 2025.
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