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scampered

verb as in run, dash

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In the fourth quarter, Tagovailoa delivered a game-tying drive highlighted by a whirling, spinning escape from two pass rushers followed by a 17-yard scamper.

She scampered back to Moldavia just hours after the incident, avoiding authorities who were trying to log all survivors.

I hurriedly submitted the post and scampered off before I missed the beginning of House.

Suddenly Randulf's housekeeper fell upon them with a broom, and the boys scampered away, amidst shouts and laughter.

So they obeyed the old yellow Man-in-the-Moon and scampered like little white mice back to bed.

A few days later she was prouder still when they scampered this way and that, pecking at little bugs and ants.

Showers of pretty gold and red sparks scampered up the chimney.

Half-a-dozen of these fierce warriors, however, turned upon them, and the whole body scampered off in wild disorder.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scampered, such as: scuttle, zip, romp, skip, scurry, and dart.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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