Example Sentences
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What if instead of staying in the tomb, she skedaddled with a posy to the Renaissance club scene in Paris and found a new love?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
Usually the sheep walked away or skedaddled before any physical altercation actually broke out.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2022
One of the few positives is most investors seem to have skedaddled already.
From Reuters ● Feb. 11, 2022
Nor were they willing to be arrested for their beliefs when police finally intervened — they skedaddled at the first sign of flashing lights.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2020
I skedaddled out of there before I had a chance to ask him about Wonders or about his cousin Holt.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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