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scamper

[skam-per] / ˈskæm pər /


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Orchards, wildernesses and bowers abound in her fiction, where her heroines contemplate curated views or scamper across fields and over stiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ford then scampered under the posts in the final minute of England's powerplay, only for the score to be wiped off for a marginal offside by Roebuck.

From BBC

After just three minutes, the towering Josh Lord ambled through a huge gap in a ruck before nonchalantly popping the ball off to scampering scrum-half Roigard.

From BBC

How did the robbers decide who would drive the truck—and, more important, who would scamper up to the balcony, smash the window and slip inside?

From The Wall Street Journal

The children started playing, scampering up piles of debris.

From Los Angeles Times