vamoose

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Recent Examples of vamoose Khan’s group packed fast and vamoosed on a small airplane, which rose straight into a thrashing thunderstorm. David Quammen, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020 Nearby, a woman was making her own bathroom right next to the entrance of a residential building, vamoosing only when the doorman, Clever Santos Chavez, chased her away. Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020 In November, the owner of the building housing Trump’s SoHo hotel in Manhattan paid the Trump Organization to vamoose. Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Jan. 2018 The Senate left town for its August recess Thursday, a week after the House vamoosed, and let’s hope the Members get an earful from constituents at home. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamoose
Verb
  • The ship departed from Tokyo on April 26 for a cruise through Japan and Alaska before arriving in Vancouver, according to CruiseMapper.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • On Wednesday morning, before departing for Doha, Qatar, Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • If there is a moment to be seized, it only can be seized by a mix superior to what exited amid embarrassment last month.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • Just as Oakland Unified stands poised to exit this summer from two decades of state receivership after repaying a $100 million loan, the current board majority has no plan to address a new $100 million annual structural deficit facing the district over the next three years.
    Anne Campbell Washington, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • If the execution moves forward this time, Smith will be the first inmate executed in Tennessee since 2020 and the 19th in the U.S. this year.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • By all accounts, seeing the interior of the home is a moving experience.
    Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Time, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • Since the video of their antics went viral, TikTok users can't get enough of their unconventional friendship.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • Belichick joins a rapidly changing sport and is taking over a roster ravaged by the transfer portal and NFL Draft, rebuilding on the fly and making $10 million a year to improve on the tenure of Mack Brown, his 73-year-old predecessor who went 44-33 in five seasons.
    David Ubben, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Verb
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    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
  • Shares of the company got a little boost from the interest signaled by the poison pill and gained 3.2 percent to $23.51 in premarket trading on Tuesday.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Three Yale professors who study fascism are fleeing the U.S.
    Eric Lipton, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • The cruel politics of South Carolina lawmakers are harming families and destroying a health care system as more and more providers flee the state.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Smith, his pregnant wife, and two-year-old son safely evacuated their Altadena house before it was lost in January’s deadly wildfires, but Smith’s friend launched a GoFundMe on the artist’s behalf to help recoup the loss of their house, musical instruments, car, and more belongings.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 19 May 2025
  • As a result, approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans were forced to evacuate their homes and leave their jobs to live in the camps that were surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards, conditions that are now drawing comparisons to modern-day detention facilities.
    Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 17 May 2025

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“Vamoose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamoose. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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