scoot
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Hughes had blood in his mouth, and a fresh gap in his teeth wide enough to scoot a Vespa through, courtesy of a high stick to the mouth from Canada’s Sam Bennett.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Then I’ll either get one of them Lime scooters and scoot back home or walk back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2024
Right then, time for a scoot round the grounds.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
Whirring turbines bashed fish that attempted to scoot past.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023
They scoot over to give us more room.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
I have a 3-year-old beagle, and every once in a while he scoots around on his butt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Andre Esterhuizen scoots down the lefthand touchline, just staying in play, and then delays his pass just enough for Will Porter to hare over the whitewash.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
Under the hood of the Passport is a 280-horsepower V6 that scoots you through traffic and makes easy work of highway merges.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
The comet now dims and scoots back to space.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
She scoots closer and reaches her arm over me.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
And he didn’t take it Sunday night in Santa Clara, after his Seahawks scooted away from a helpless New England Patriots team in a one-sided 29-13 win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
And I scooted back to the Times and passed the story on to the national desk.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2025
On the third-down play in question, Palmer caught a short pass from Herbert and scooted forward while on the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
He scooted over to score in the corner.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
“No, I never said that—” Mr. Jacobs said, and he scooted away from Moss.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
And Lime's latest move appears to be an attempt to help change habits for commuters - not just those already scooting or pedalling for leisure.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Dupont quickly made amends, spinning off the back of a ruck in midfield, stiff-arming hooker Tolu Latu onto his back and scooting through a huge gap to score.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
The latter tension was explored in a Netflix documentary—Alcaraz scooting off to Ibiza after winning the 2024 French Open instead of grinding for Wimbledon grass as his coach hoped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
And the gargantuan creatures are never shown scooting.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
The fish went scooting away toward deeper water, only Yeller was too fast for him.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
