scamper

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These dancers—costumed by Camille Assaf in casual-cum-dressy ensembles primarily of blacks and grays—gambol, leap, twirl and scamper about the glossy, often scarlet-lit surface of set and lighting designer François-Pierre Couture’s raised stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Conflagrations abound—in one, a pair of rabbits anxiously scamper across a road to outrun the flames.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

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

The girls look at me and scamper away from each other.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton