scoot
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In the arena, I wouldn’t have gone under the stage to scoot around the scaffolding or noticed when someone in the second balcony missed the first half of “Skinny” because they were in the bathroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Hughes had blood in his mouth, and a fresh gap in his teeth wide enough to scoot a Vespa through, courtesy of a high stick to the mouth from Canada’s Sam Bennett.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Right then, time for a scoot round the grounds.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
Whirring turbines bashed fish that attempted to scoot past.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023
My man could pretty much scoot past me any time he wanted.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
One takes for granted the way the story works—meet cute, dispute, somebody scoots, they troubleshoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
It scrapes the top of one knuckle, does a bit of a dive to the second knuckle … and then scoots along.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
Andre Esterhuizen scoots down the lefthand touchline, just staying in play, and then delays his pass just enough for Will Porter to hare over the whitewash.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
She scoots along the floor, as if afloat, paddling with her hands, and she clings to the theater’s walls, as if buffeted by the wind.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
He scoots up, grabs the receiver, says “Joe’s Pub,” and hands the phone to me.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
And he didn’t take it Sunday night in Santa Clara, after his Seahawks scooted away from a helpless New England Patriots team in a one-sided 29-13 win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
And I scooted back to the Times and passed the story on to the national desk.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2025
He scooted over to score in the corner.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
LeBron James scooted up the left side of the court, and the Lakers triggered the break with an outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
I closed my laptop and scooted away from it, glaring at the machine.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Gareth Williams, 33, described how toddler Indie loved "scooting around the house" on her little bike, so decided to buy a child's seat and handlebar to attach to his own bicycle.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
He said the robots in an adjacent lane were really scooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Dupont quickly made amends, spinning off the back of a ruck in midfield, stiff-arming hooker Tolu Latu onto his back and scooting through a huge gap to score.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
The latter tension was explored in a Netflix documentary—Alcaraz scooting off to Ibiza after winning the 2024 French Open instead of grinding for Wimbledon grass as his coach hoped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
I’m good at scooting up the stairs now.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
