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
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 • Nov. 21, 2025
Jordan broke away for a 36-yard touchdown scamper.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025
A mammoth fourth game saw seven deuces and Maria saving two break points for 3-1, before a brilliant scamper to a drop shot in the next allowed her to go a double break up.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025
And Jasper lagged behind, weary from his wild scamper, his tongue hanging from his mouth.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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