as in to run away
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Don’t let kids run away from the bear.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025 -
Following the shooting, the individual jumps from a rooftop and runs away from the location.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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Duncan even contemplated mounting a third-party challenge to Trump as a No Labels candidate last year before withdrawing his name from consideration.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Biden administration had weighed withdrawing antitrust immunity for the joint venture, which began in 2016.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Now 38, Kopitar will retire as the greatest player ever to come from his native Slovenia, which has sent just three players ever to the NHL.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Former Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia has been hired to lead the department, replacing Chief Neil Noakes, who retired in May.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Sep. 2025
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Her family has been willing to pay the price for political beliefs at odds with Israel’s increasingly right-wing turn that has seen any prospect of a two-state solution recede further and further from possibility.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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American lives are being saved, with overdose deaths finally starting to recede significantly for the first time in over a decade.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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One deputy retreated while two of them fired their guns, hitting Williams and Lane, authorities said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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That momentum undoubtedly filtered into the stadium once Eze walked out.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Around him, other students started to walk out of the cafeteria.—
Katie Langford,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Back (up or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20%28up%20or%20away%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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