as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk
the child scampered off to play
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Recent Examples of scamper
The senior passed for 1,190 yards and scampered for 980 yards with 27 total touchdowns.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Luz’s agency had scored the gillagers a dump truck, part of a citywide program encouraging poor Manileños to trade garbage for rice and instant noodles, but most scavenging was carried out by teams of boys and young men who scampered over steaming filth.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
While orchestrating another promising drive, Stidham scampered towards daylight and dove for a first down at the New England 14, only to come up short by a yard and throw an incompletion on the next play for a loss of downs.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Maye knocked out the Broncos by scampering all alone to his left on a third-down naked bootleg, Josh McDaniels’ best play-call on a day of bad weather and good defense.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Luz’s agency had scored the gillagers a dump truck, part of a citywide program encouraging poor Manileños to trade garbage for rice and instant noodles, but most scavenging was carried out by teams of boys and young men who scampered over steaming filth.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
While orchestrating another promising drive, Stidham scampered towards daylight and dove for a first down at the New England 14, only to come up short by a yard and throw an incompletion on the next play for a loss of downs.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Maye knocked out the Broncos by scampering all alone to his left on a third-down naked bootleg, Josh McDaniels’ best play-call on a day of bad weather and good defense.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scamper
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The correspondence places Barrack, a globe-trotting billionaire, among a circle of wealthy and influential figures who maintained social contact with Epstein even as his criminal history became widely known.—
Daniel Ruetenik,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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His first ever case unravels a globe-trotting conspiracy that changes his life forever.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Bryant was the man police identified as responsible for attacks on women who were all jogging in the same area, during the summer of 2025.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Some teams jog around the four mats in single-file lines, weaving around grapplers.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Microsoft’s $50 billion investment will, among other things, help to build the data centers crucial to providing the computing power needed to run AI models.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Moe’s Nuggets ran and dared the rest of the NBA to catch up.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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As the Year of the Horse galloped in, revelers ushered in the most prominent festival on the Chinese Lunar calendar with some quirks – from Kung Fu robots to Harry Potter’s teenage nemesis – and some reflection.—
CNN staff,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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In its place, the Fire Horse is galloping into view, calling us to approach life with passion and courage.—
Annabel Gat,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Residents who have returned to Indian border villages wish the officials would hurry up.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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But hurry—today is your last chance to score up to 65 percent off on best-selling styles.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scamper. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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