scrammed

past tense of scram

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • And still, given that Spurs’ creative issues persist and Monaco peppered Vicario’s goal with 23 shots, seemingly slicing through a defence which had previously looked so secure with ease, Tottenham escaped with another away point.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In the finale of the fourth season of The Boys, Starlight escaped an attempt to round up all supes who went against Homelander’s vision to rule the world.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Thieves absconded with jewelry which belonged to French Empress Eugenie from the Louvre museum in Paris, France.
    FOXNews.com, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The single owner of the facility, Sun Kyou Lee, also known to them as Jesus Lee, had absconded without any forwarding information.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her son lit the Al Davis Memorial Torch at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in her honor.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The group gathers in darkness, faintly lit by the glow of electric candles.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The hot start dwindled in the second half, and after completing 10 of his first 14 passes, Loftis missed 12 of his next 22 passes, tapering off as the game got out of hand.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • An executive from another competitor, Halco (which was sold and got out of the Halloween business long before Ben Cooper and Collegeville), credited the boom in licensed costumes to the rise in TV.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Things might be different now, as MFE this week unexpectedly cleared out the ProSieben C-suite and replacing respected ProSieben CEO Bert Habets with its own CFO, Marco Giordani.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Stores have cleared out their spooky decor and swapped it for tinsel and bows, and my shopping senses are tingling.
    Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Scrammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrammed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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