as in departs
to leave a place often for another
I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered
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Carter Family departs from Blair House via motorcade.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
2 Jan. 2025 -
The Miami Hurricanes’ retooling of their secondary continues as another contributor from the 2024 team departs.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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Electronic detection points have been created at entrances to and exits from the tolling zone.—
Robbie Griffiths,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2025
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Government/non-profit sector companies saw the highest turnover, clocking 438 exits year-to-date, up from 425 last year.—
Michael Flaherty,
Axios,
3 Jan. 2025
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Rather, Bates plays a wealthy retired lawyer named Madeleine Kingston who goes undercover as a legal assistant at a large law firm, taking on the alias surname of Matlock because the show was one of her deceased daughter's favorites.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
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As LaVine goes, so go the Bulls.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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In this Danish Oscar-winner, Babette, a chef, flees violence in France and comes to work for two saintly sisters leading a flock of believers in 19th century Denmark.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
21 Dec. 2024
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Syrians take to the streets in jubilation as Bashar al Assad reportedly flees.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Dec. 2024
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Bleeding and disoriented, Ian escapes the trunk and manages to accidentally throw himself off the side of the cliff, although even that doesn’t finish him off.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
24 Dec. 2024
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Eventually, Rose, who has been incoherently crying for forgiveness, escapes to her bedroom and lies in bed, in pain, passing to the next stage of the ritual.—
Rachel Aviv,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Scarpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarpers. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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