scramming

present participle of scram

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Verb
  • Engineers have been trying to capture this escaping waste heat and turn it back into electricity using thermoelectric devices.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
  • The current population is a result of the toads escaping or being released by importers during the 1950s and ‘60s, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
    Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Police are searching for a straphanger suspected of unbolting a door switch from a inside a downtown C train Monday evening, snipping the wires and then absconding with the train part, sources tell the Daily News.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • For the last couple of years at least, groups of international thieves have been traveling to Southern California and burglarizing homes and stores before absconding back to their home countries.
    Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Cendejas said Wahab needs to focus her time on getting out to voters in the district while the state Legislature is in recess between July and August.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • Stewart surrendered a solo homer to Brooks Lee before getting out of the ninth.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
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“Scramming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scramming. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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