scamper
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Thought and feeling bubble up beneath visible restraint—she’ll let a nervous glance scamper this way or that, or wear a smile that’s still crimped at the edges amid the teasing interplay of her peers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
They had more runners scamper across the plate during the regular season than anybody other than the star-studded New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 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
Just as Dad reached for the box with Kung Pao chicken, Mom came bustling through the front door, sending Fig in a crazed scamper toward my room.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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