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Officers suggested she may have eloped, relatives told the National Commission for Women, a government body.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2019

Mr Nabi said that Mr Abbas Rana had initially refused to register a case - known as an FIR - telling him that his daughter might have "eloped with someone of her own free will".

From BBC • May 22, 2019

The prince and Meghan Markle have eloped, the paper reports, but the fact that it is tucked away inside rather than on the front page may arouse suspicion among the Mail’s more discerning readers.

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2017

She was reported to have eloped for the first time at 14 and married Belge, the Turkish diplomat, in 1937.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2016

"And they believe," the girl went on, "that I have eloped with you to avoid marrying the prince."

From The Princess Elopes by MacGrath, Harold