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He is engaged to his longtime girlfriend with plans to elope.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

When Abraham read the script, he really got upset because up until that time, he thought that it was Chris’ idea to elope and that Chris had corrupted his beautiful daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025

At these times women may declare their love, elope or even end their marriages.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023

And they don’t plan to elope, Zephyr says.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

She said she would elope with him if Ma tried to make her marry Tweedie.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

While giving a gift when a couple in your life elopes is a nice gesture, wedding etiquette experts say it’s not required.

From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2023

Carmelita elopes, cavorts with Lord Epping and tosses pies with her husband’s ex-fiancee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2020

“By Women Possessed” opens in the days before O’Neill elopes with Carlotta.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2016

Bennett's most famous novel The Old Wives' Tale is about two sisters one of whom elopes to a scandalous life in France and the other who stays at home running the family draper's shop.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2014

In front all was pitch blackness in the valley in which they stood, but higher up on the elopes beyond fires were burning, and dark figures were occasionally silhouetted against them as they passed.

From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

In 2017, the couple revealed that they had quietly eloped in an intimate ceremony.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Mary Kay excelled in high school but eloped at age 16 with her first husband, Julius Ben Rogers, and gave birth to two children in rapid succession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

At 16, she eloped with her neighbour, Ganpatrao Bhosle, leading to a tumultuous marriage and separation.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

The new brides revealed earlier this month that they eloped in October after being engaged for a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

She didn't say, Unholy union, Batman, when Steve and Tina eloped over Labor Day.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

However, eloping couples could pop over the border and be married simply by stating their intent in front of witnesses - usually at the blacksmiths.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

In one trajectory, Helen makes the virtuous decision to avoid eloping with the impatient Jed; she is rewarded for her sacrifice with two decades of spinsterhood—in this universe, a tragic outcome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Sticks and stones aren't enough to thwart biological attraction, but sometimes those are the only tools available to pastoralists trying to prevent wildlife from eloping with their livestock.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

Wait, could eloping with an Elvis impersonator serving as my officiant actually be kind of romantic?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

Later, remembering that morning, I had no question in my mind: Grandpa’s eloping wasn’t a matter of him not loving Granny or not respecting the dead.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns