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And “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” actor Elizabeth Olsen and musician Robbie Arnett revealed just last month that after getting engaged in 2019, they had eloped before the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2022

After some time in the city, though, their cash ran out, so they called my grandmother and lied, saying they had eloped.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021

The woman told the police her husband had eloped with another woman, who allegedly stole her things, including the ID they had found.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2021

It found that the single largest category of cases involved consenting adults who had eloped.

From Fox News • Jan. 11, 2019

This happened to my first marriage, to Marvin Chen, with whom I had eloped when I was eighteen and he was nineteen.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan