skedaddling

present participle of skedaddle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skedaddling
Verb
  • Precious metals and related mining stocks are retreating after a parabolic upmove over the past two months.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In the example below from their 2-1 win over Girona, Barcelona man-mark the opposition midfielders but Fermin Lopez’s passive positioning allows a pass into retreating centre-forward Portu.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jimenez shot Vargas once in the chest and attempted to shoot a second time before fleeing the scene with Garfias in the truck, the statement said.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Arrivals of asylum-seekers and other migrants fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa for Europe over the past decade helped fuel rising far-right populism and led to stricter border controls that have drawn heavy criticism from human rights groups.
    Sam McNeil, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And, before long, beer was flying and Blue Jays were pouring onto the field to celebrate the win.
    Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Great gray owls hunt blind, flying low, listening to the faintest rustling of a mouse beneath snow.
    Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Toronto’s fielding fails them Addison Barger stared at the sky, bolting to his right as Austin Wells’ fly ball fell.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Cool-season planting keeps parsley from bolting, or going to seed quickly.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • University administrators point to a new business plan and the paper's running deficit as the reasons behind their decision to cut print.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 27 Oct. 2025
  • My own kids are running around the place.
    Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their customers either don't want to leave en masse or have a hard time escaping.
    NPR, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Revenge softens some of Baron Frankenstein’s colder mannerisms into a more playful performance from Cushing; after escaping the gallows, the Baron hides his true identity and takes work at a hospital for the poor to access a supply of body parts.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Skedaddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skedaddling. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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