scamper
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These dancers—costumed by Camille Assaf in casual-cum-dressy ensembles primarily of blacks and grays—gambol, leap, twirl and scamper about the glossy, often scarlet-lit surface of set and lighting designer François-Pierre Couture’s raised stage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
A smart kick from Smith switched play to Tom Roebuck, and the Sale wing showed deft footwork to scamper in on the stroke of half-time.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Conflagrations abound—in one, a pair of rabbits anxiously scamper across a road to outrun the flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Jordan broke away for a 36-yard touchdown scamper.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025
I scamper down the tree and hit the ground running in the opposite direction of the lake.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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