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scamper

[skam-per] / ˈskæm pər /


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But whether the Jam Tarts scamper over the line on Saturday, they can be certain that one group of Edinburgh residents won’t be joining the party.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Crawford scamper across the plate with the winning run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

From the resulting penalty, the French would make the extra player count when Escudero had the space to scamper over for her side's first try of the game.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Jordan broke away for a 36-yard touchdown scamper.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025

They sat on our aluminum plates like mouse eyes, and we wished they would scamper off like the mouse that ran out of the flour sack.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat




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