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For a while, Pratt worked to monetize the negative attention by calling the paparazzi on himself and Montag, who also agreed to elope in order to keep themselves on “The Hills.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

But Harmony Elmy and Seán Mauremootoo wanted none of that, choosing to elope to a place that held "special" memories for them both.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

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

From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Blowed if I can see where she’s got to . . . she doesn’t seem the type to elope, for instance . . . but still.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

Her 18-year-old sister, Leah, is secretly dating a Hindu boy whose family emigrated from India; when Ari’s and Leah’s parents refuse to accept the relationship, Leah elopes with Raj and disappears.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2020

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

His father secures her for him by an arrangement with the girl's father; he charms his intended by magic; he captures her as he would an enemy in battle; or she elopes with him.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

“Downton Abbey” welcomed Tom Branson, a working-class Irishman, into their home and family when the youngest Crawley daughter, Sybil, eloped with him.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

In 1937 Jessica eloped to Europe with her second cousin Esmond Romilly—their ill-starred plan was to head to Spain to report on the civil war there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

William eventually left Suffolk and wrote to the Marten family to say he had eloped with Maria to the Isle of Wight.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

“When we eloped 28 years ago, my mother did not have a chance to see us get married,” the bride said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023

After Grandpa and Miss Love eloped, a lot of people felt sure he had never so much as looked at the milliner till after Granny died and he needed a housekeeper.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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

Some were exchanging vows for the first time, while others like Hazel Seivwright-Carney and her husband Rohan Carney came to renew their vows after eloping so many years ago, to the dismay of family.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023

I mean I figured everybody would be talking about me getting run over by the train instead of about them eloping.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns