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Recent Examples of skedaddle Among the five Lab rats are two bosses: onscreen personality Edna (Chloë Sevigny) and Dave (Simon Rex), her partner in business and life, who soon skedaddles back to the States to deal with some legal matters that everyone but Edna is aware of. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 But not on this episode, because Abby and the gang were already skedaddling back to Seattle. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025 The Nazis took the bait, hook, line and sinker, and skedaddled to Sardinia, smoothing the way for the Allies to take Sicily, a major turning point in World War II. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 The Nazis took the bait, hook, line and sinker, and skedaddled to Sardinia, smoothing the way for the Allies to take Sicily and marking a major turning point in World War II. Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025 The sun's peeping out, and the budding journalists skedaddle outside, where their friends are just arriving. Lauren Migaki, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025 The Confederates saw the score and promptly skedaddled. Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025 Under the deal passed just as Congress skedaddled from Washington before the end of the year, the ceiling will be exceeded sometime between January 14 and January 23. Peter Green, Quartz, 4 Jan. 2025 Mac and Cheese Bites Arancini walked so these balls of mac and cheese could skip and skedaddle and swerve into our hearts. Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • The legislation comes as the country grapples with a severe demographic crisis, exacerbated by the ongoing war with Russia, which has forced millions of Ukrainians to flee abroad.
    Isabel van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Jurors found Read not guilty of murder, manslaughter and fleeing a deadly accident in a trial that stretched on for more than 30 days of testimony and four days of deliberations.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
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  • Many analysts believe Iran will retreat, reassemble its nuclear scientists and rebuild its program.
    Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 24 June 2025
  • Groups of demonstrators retreated to nearby streets, only to cut back and regroup near the Stonewall Inn and Christopher Park.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2025
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  • Nearly two weeks ago, 62 carbon-spewing private jets reportedly flew world leaders into Kananaskis, Canada, for the G7 summit, raising serious questions about the travel choices of those who are supposed to be tackling climate change and other global crises.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
  • The administration eventually flew him back, but immediately detained him on criminal charges.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 25 June 2025
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  • And this double-U structure is bolted to a square base that sits on a rotating support for 360-degree horizontal swivel.
    Paul Ridden June 25, New Atlas, 25 June 2025
  • While legacy automakers outsource software and tech firms try to bolt autonomy onto third-party hardware, Tesla owns the entire autonomy stack.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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  • Those who run won’t be schlepping all the political baggage that Newsom has to tote. Such as? Rampant homelessness.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
  • Later at an event, Sawaya ran into Foreman, who asked him to reconsider applying, saying the hiring committee would try to keep his name out of the public eye.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
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  • Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 June 2025
  • There is nothing inherently better about Rowling’s magic that would lead its users to escape the loss of a personal sense of accomplishment—or knowledge, skills, or tactility—and as the novels show, the threat of overuse looms as greatly over their existence as our own.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025

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“Skedaddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skedaddle. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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