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
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
The second half was more of a drab affair, but as Huw Jones was stripped of possession Quins threw the ball wide for Murley to scamper clear and score their third try.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025
Then she’d turn around and scamper off, dodging the headstones and yelling over her shoulder, “You still watching, Ruth? Watch out for me!”
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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