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Møller’s heartless captain has even less personality but he does scamper impressively fast up the mast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Cool Machine” is a modern masterpiece and an ode to New York, no matter that rats skitter and cockroaches scamper underfoot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

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

Her range of passing put the ever-impressive Meg Jones into a hole, before another lovely wide ball gave Abby Dow space to scamper in for her 50th England try.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025

They got so loud, I managed to scamper back to my cage, unnoticed.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

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

Pat invariably exclaims each time a chipmunk scampers from shoreline rocks to shrubs of beach rose.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2020

Singe leaps down from Sophia's shoulder and scampers off.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Then he flipped the ball to Walker—who scampered in for his second score of the day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Fleetwood grew up playing at nearby Formby Hall and occasionally scampered over the Royal Birkdale fence to get on to the course which he dreamed of playing.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

All represent some semblance of taste, an attribute that’s scampered up the ranks of desirability in the AI era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

With Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk flat-footed, Wilson scampered onto the through ball and planted a composed finish past Alisson Becker.

From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026

Then he bounced off and scampered over to Donkeyberry, who was watching the scene anxiously.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The sport isn’t the same without Carlos Alcaraz, its sunny, electric, endlessly scampering 23-year-old acrobat from Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

Radcliffe was breathlessly scampering up and down the aisles of the Hudson Theatre before the show began, enlisting audience members to be participants in the play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 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

Small holes dotted the space from floor to ceiling, and behind the walls I could hear the sounds of scratching and scampering.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia