elopement

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Tensions flared most when Nava began to shape the story of the singer’s elopement with guitarist Chris Perez, whom she married in 1992.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Other photographers followed in Mae’s footsteps, especially after she began leading workshops on elopement adventures; the three other photographers I interviewed for this piece, Flynn, Traci Edwards and Karen Agurto, all took her courses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

Gerry and Theresa’s nuptials are neither a private affair, discreet elopement, nor intimate gathering.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2024

His therapists are working to address elopement or wandering that can be common in children with autism.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2023

“I was onto Love Simpson from the beginning,” skinny old Miss Effie Belle Tate told Mama after the elopement.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns