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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Slow Horses producer See-Saw Films has hired Fifth Season‘s Ben Irving, with Helen Gregory exiting after five years.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
Security camera footage shows Clarke and the driver get out of the car and walk into the store, exiting minutes later, Detective Kelly Gomez wrote in the report.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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Going analyzed its 2026 flight deal data to find the US airports that have offered the most affordable departing flights so far in 2026.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
Trains rumble behind the main stadiums, Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong, while planes approaching and departing from La Guardia Airport bring their stomach-churning roars.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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But at this point, many SEC administrators would rather find out by getting a win or by losing and then moving forward with that knowledge.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The storm, now moving west-northwest at just 5 mph, is forecast to turn northward to north-northeastward with an increase in forward speed Sunday and Monday, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest update.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

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Underwood, the five-star recruit from the Detroit area who commanded a multimillion-dollar name, image and likeness deal to sign with Michigan, had completed only 11 passes before getting a last-second reprieve.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The priority, however, is getting Ohtani back to himself on the offensive side before the postseason — whether that means a couple days off or more than a week.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

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Step Back Kenya has long been a refuge for people fleeing conflicts in neighboring countries, from Somalia and Sudan in the early 1990s to South Sudan, Burundi and the DR Congo.

— Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Masson credited the town’s surveillance cameras with capturing the fleeing pair abandoning at least one of the paintings and the city’s police force with a quick response.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 2026

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The film, which will include stop-motion animation and live-action sequences, is an adaptation of Shane Jones’ cult novel exploring the tension between escaping war through imagination and confronting its reality.

— Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
The tiny, colorful birds will spend winter in Mexico and Central America, escaping the cold and snow in Michigan, before returning in spring 2027.

— Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of escaping

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After the north tower was hit first by an American Airlines plane, Aon started evacuating its employees in the south tower, a move that was not taken by some other companies where employees were told to remain in place.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
In addition, many Israelis have taken pride in their country’s assistance to ill or wounded Palestinians during Israel’s war against Hamas by evacuating them for treatment outside Gaza.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026

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