Scampering

Perhaps it is due to myself to say that the word scampering, a few lines above, has no revengeful reference, in its first syllable, to the author of the trick. ❋ Nehemiah Adams (1842)

This change includes progressive policies achieved after electoral victories, Latin American scampering away from U.S. control toward regional solidarity, and major social and economic developments in Brazil. ❋ Donald Bray (2011)

"I don't come to play, I come to WIN" -- Larry Bird will be as an expiring deal that will be moved midseason (with TA and maybe others) for someone that would contribute more than a couple of buckets a game and some "scampering". ❋ Unknown (2009)

"I've spent my whole childhood kind of scampering down the red carpet behind him watching him do interviews and the idea that I'm here presenting him with this honour is out of this world," said the younger Reitman. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Icelanders love to warm up in the immaculate saunas, scampering over 30 feet of frigid rock into the pools' inviting heat. ❋ Dennis K. Berman (2011)

I think even after you train said tech, people will still come scampering to you about Mango Slicing troubleshooting and getting the sexy looking Sliced Mango photos necessary for publications. ❋ Candid Engineer (2009)

What a lovely picture — frogs darting, daughter screaming, grandchildren laughing and scampering after small hopping green bodies. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

Sexy and spooky enough to send the original campfest scampering off with its tail between its legs, this update fits in more with TV's current litter of lycanthropes on The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Their fire immediately ceased, and I could see them scampering back on foot across the open, dragging their dead and wounded with them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dancing girls were scampering this way and that like quail before a bobcat. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

In clear disregard of his lawful order, granny again kicks the helpless, handcuffed victim before scampering off giggling with delight. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is, however, no getting around the scene that has 20 or so rats lit on fire and scampering out of a burning building at the end. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They were the better team in the first half, with more meaningful possession and there were opportunities for the scampering Vladimir Weiss and Filip Holosko. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This is a good thing, because these computer-generated creatures have spidery legs and octopus-like heads, and scampering scores of them—known as "skitters"—would look ridiculous. ❋ Nancy DeWolf Smith (2011)

More enticing is heroin, "the only thing that really worked, the only thing that stopped him scampering around in a hamster's wheel of unanswerable questions." ❋ Sam Sacks (2012)

Snaff strode out in front, his three-toed feet scampering along at a pace that was just a lumbering stroll for Eir. ❋ J. Robert King (2011)

These worries are redoubled by talk that additional aid won't be provided, sending investors scampering for a safe harbor from rising uncertainty, analysts at Commerzbank said in a note to clients. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

Here at Carli, next morning, half-way through the grass-lands, the boat's-crews were left, and with them the horde of Binu men, the boldest of which held on for a bare mile and then ran scampering back. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He scrambled left, then avoided a would-be sack while scampering right. ❋ Unknown (2009)