SCARPERING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

scarpering

verb

present participle of scarper, British

as in exiting

to leave a place often for another I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered

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Sally Habbershaw is exiting Mediawan after less than a year to become President of Global Distribution at the BBC’s commercial arm.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Sharon Levy is exiting Banijay’s Endemol Shine North America after nearly a decade at the company — including most recently as CEO.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

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Thanksgiving The most expensive and popular day when departing for the holiday is Wednesday.

— Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
On the heels of Steven Kolb departing the Council of Fashion Designers of America, CFDA vice chair Aurora James and her nonprofit, the Fifteen Percent Pledge, have been sued for fraud.

— Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

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The seconds-long loop consists of a purple image of a tank silhouette moving rapidly across the picture plane and patterned with what resemble dithered approximations of analog video interference.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The planning is meant to create flexibility for the president and commanders overseeing the war, these people said, by moving up to three aircraft carriers and their escort ships into the region in November.

— Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

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But when her character — saucy British writer Constance Clavinger — turns out to be a handful (getting drunk at the airport bar, for starters), Homer struggles to get her to the school on time.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
As a girl growing up in the 1970s, Griffin recalls how her parents and other neighbors in the two-street patch of homes did not let their children play at the nearby Fannie Robinson Park after some of them started developing rashes or getting sick.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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Witnesses to the March 8 shooting reported seeing a white Tesla Model 3 with a paper license plate fleeing the scene.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Attorneys for Carter, who is Black, have said witnesses saw a White man fleeing the crime scene and that an investigator suppressed evidence that could implicate other suspects, including the victim’s husband, Orla Olesen.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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