elopement
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The Janet Jackson that “Control” unleashed on the world was a teenager shaking off the dust of two forgettable pop albums and a misguided elopement with another pop star, James DeBarge, when she was 18.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026
The elopement was supposed to happen in Maui, but the wildfires in Lahaina threw a wrench in our plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
She said that an elopement climb shouldn’t require a couple to push themselves.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
Dear Miss Manners: My daughter and her fiance are having a planned elopement.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
Not a syllable had ever reached her of Miss Darcy’s meditated elopement.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
During the elopements, her husband Bill takes photos via drone and shoots video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
Some look like elopements or first-time trips for nervous couples; others look like tearful reunions or contemplative solo journeys.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2021
“We cannot recommend adventure elopements enough, especially for LGBTQ+ couples who have difficult relationships with family or friends,” Amanda said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2020
Mary Ellen’s father, Thomas Love Peacock, had been close to the poet Shelley, whose life, writes Johnson, “was a harried one of bailiffs, angry parents, elopements, death, delusion, passion, semi-madness, wife-sharing, and suicides.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2020
Most men, I believe, are averse to elopements as a general principle; but there are always exceptions, as every one discovers when his own wishes are thwarted.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
