ELOPED Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

eloped

verb

past tense of elope

as in escaped

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Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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The family traveled around the country preaching and soliciting donations, and when Gortner was 16, his father absconded with what was reported to be $3 million in donations.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Her former research partner has absconded with her life’s work, presumably to put toward greedy human means of Manifest Destiny.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

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Try not to squeal like a 5-year-old when the foot-tall sparkler speared into the sundae is lit.

— Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
The first practical transformer was switched on about 15 miles down the road, in 1886, when William Stanley lit stores and offices lining Great Barrington’s Main Street.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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Igoe said the suspect vehicle then stopped on Fulton Avenue, where the suspect got out and started pacing back and forth with a knife in his hand in front of his vehicle.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The suspect got out of the vehicle and began pacing in front of it, authorities said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of got out

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The family could have cleared out a decaying bungalow and built something simpler in its place.

— Nuriyah Johar, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
At Lincoln Bay, Duke said their elevators sensed water and immediately went to the 10th floor, where they were locked in place and unusable until contractors cleared out the pit below.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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