scarpers

present tense third-person singular of scarper, British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarpers
Verb
  • The Grand Canyon Railway departs from Williams in the morning and returns in the afternoon after three hours in the Grand Canyon South Rim.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The peak of the autumn colors arrives and departs rather quickly, and the exact timing depends on a number of factors.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both of the Bills’ AFC title game exits have come at Arrowhead Stadium.
    Austin Mock, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And the race could tighten further if Sliwa exits the race.
    Amie Parnes, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The platform has been heavily criticized over the last year by users who’ve said their smart home gadgets have been left to wither as Google moves away from Assistant and focuses on Gemini.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • As the seasons shift, the divide between tropical Gulf air and cooler Canadian air usually moves farther south across the United States, the weather service said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If the team that gets the ball first goes down and scores a touchdown, followed by a standard extra point, the second team has to score a touchdown but could attempt to end the game with a successful two-point try.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The pasta gets its fun colors from black carrot and tomato powder per ALDI’s promise to only use natural dyes in their products.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The event will feature local journalists, along with artisans and podcasters, for a night that goes behind the scenes of local news.
    Detroit Free Press staff, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • That goes for maximizing fall color as well as about every other growth/performance metric.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 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
  • 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
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“Scarpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarpers. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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