elope
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Emilio's family owns large ranchos up in Durango, where the elopers will be quite safe in a mountain fastness, and they will arrive there by craft, not buying through tickets, doubling now and then.
From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
Sure enough, the pursuing car was swift, but the big Galbraith car was a speed wonder, and the elopers darted ahead with renewed determination to escape capture.
From Patty's Social Season by Wells, Carolyn
I don't know, Tommy, but elopers never take that into consideration.
From The Man from Brodney's by McCutcheon, George Barr
Very soon the flight of Ariel must be discovered, and her infuriated father would stop at nothing to punish the elopers.
From The Land of Mystery by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
The North River was choppy from darting tugs and gliding barges as the ferry-boat bore the elopers toward the Jersey side.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard
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