elopes

present tense third-person singular of elope

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Verb
  • What happens, for instance, when a licensed privateer with a valid letter of marque and reprisal absconds with several million dollars from a criminal organization?
    Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jones escapes Fernandez to receive a pass from Gravenberch, while the positioning of Wirtz and Szoboszlai keeps Cucurella and Caicedo from coming forward.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • When virtual particle pairs pop into existence at the edge of black holes, sometimes the black hole’s gravity grabs one partner while the other escapes.
    Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the Netflix movie, Serayah plays Ruth Moably, a musician who flees Atlanta to care for her late boyfriend's mother, Naomi (Phylicia Rashad), in rural Tennessee.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As night falls amid the vast trees and lush greenery, a teenage boy breaks a window, climbs out of it and flees toward the forest on foot.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This standoff goes on for almost 10 minutes before the driver finally gets out and is escorted away.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The problem comes when inflation gets out of hand — when average prices go up faster than average wages are going up.
    Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Elopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elopes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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