scamper

First spotted bounding across streets in Washington, the Seattle raccoon with an unusual, spindly shape and the scamper of a Tasmanian Devil has been seized on by the internet as a new hit meme.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

However, Afsharipour’s 27-yard touchdown scamper pushed the Wildcats’ lead back to two scores early in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025

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

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

She would scamper down and smooth out her skirt, but that didn’t stop her from trying again.

From "George" by Alex Gino

And just as Rapp promised, Davis scampers into the end zone for the game-winning score.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022

Former Stanford rusher Austin Jones had two touchdown scampers, ex-Oregon tailback Travis Dye thrived at pass protection and freshman Raleek Brown showed off his athleticism.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022

He scampers to the end zone, an unstoppable force meeting no immovable object, and the Orange student section is set ablaze with chants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

Much of “Servant” is broad and slapstick; in one scene, the president scampers Marx Brothers-style around the executive offices as a Swedish banker chases him for a loan repayment.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022

Woo scampers up to Autumn and looks at her with big eyes.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The rapid Australia wing scampered clear and fed Lonergan for the home side's bonus-point score.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Mikal Bridges scampered back for a leaning, desperate three that swished straight through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

On Friday, desert iguanas and whiptails scampered across an access road, portions of which wind through the national park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

Royster’s 12-yard touchdown reception made it 35-28 with 6:25 left, but Smith scampered 15 yards for his third touchdown to close the scoring with 3:21 left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025

They scampered backward, and then crept forward shyly again.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

James Lankford, of Oklahoma, quickly confirmed that he hasn’t gotten a pair from the president before scampering up a set of stairs labeled “Senators Only.”

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

From the passenger seat, I often spotted rabbits fleeing down dirt roads and scampering under bushes, many joined by red-legged partridges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

The city was quiet, but scampering down Esk Street in the torrential rain of early evening a racket could be heard in the distance.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

A crab scampering over the bottom raised a little cloud of sand, and when it settled the pearl was gone.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck