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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

On one hand, it’s nice to see young Brian scamper up to his bedroom to crack open an encyclopedia or hear a herd of theropods stampede on the roof of an all-metal car.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

With two needed from two balls, Wildermuth slashed the penultimate delivery to backward point and a misfield allowed him to scamper back for a second, finishing unbeaten on 110 off 54.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

Crawford scamper across the plate with the winning run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025

I scamper down the tree and hit the ground running in the opposite direction of the lake.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

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

He scampers into a bush and through a tunnel — because he isn’t checking out the latest vegan restaurant, but is instead a wild chipmunk.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2020

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

From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2020

Woo scampers over, pushing against the gigantic cow as if his skinny arms are actually helping.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

In an interview with MLB Network, his 2-year-old scampered off the stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 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

Pressure’s been around the Olympics since Coroebus of Elis scampered in his bare feet, and we’re more sensitive to it now, especially its corrosive effects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

He’d dropped down to all fours and scampered for the front door.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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

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

The children started playing, scampering up piles of debris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025

Moose calves, fox kits, bear cubs, and baby rabbits were scampering around the forest with their mothers.‌

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis