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Recent Examples of hit-and-run
An arrest has been made in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian with major injuries, Newport Beach police announced on Thursday, May 1.
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City News Service, Oc Register, 1 May 2025
The hit-and-run occurred just off the Memorial Causeway bridge around 8:40 p.m. on April 27, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Pelletier was conducting a routine traffic stop when the deadly hit-and-run occurred on May 30, 2024.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
What To Know In the bodycam footage LAPD officers can be seen searching for three people who were allegedly involved in a hit-and-run on the 134 Freeway in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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City News Service, Oc Register, 1 May 2025
The hit-and-run occurred just off the Memorial Causeway bridge around 8:40 p.m. on April 27, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Pelletier was conducting a routine traffic stop when the deadly hit-and-run occurred on May 30, 2024.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
What To Know In the bodycam footage LAPD officers can be seen searching for three people who were allegedly involved in a hit-and-run on the 134 Freeway in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-and-run
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Unfortunately, the Carolina parakeet’s story is one of rapid decline and eventual extinction, driven by human activities.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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The rapid heat change also disrupted the levels of nutrients like sulfur and iron within the oceans.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The truth is no one should be surprised by the swift start.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trump's March executive order overhauling how U.S. elections are run prompted swift lawsuits from the League of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters Education Fund, the Democratic National Committee and others, who called it unconstitutional.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Apr. 2025
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And because Berube swapped him out for the speedier Bobby McMann in the third period — a defensive-minded change tied to the Tavares line’s matchup against the Sens’ top unit — Pacioretty ended up on the ice with Max Domi and Pontus Holmberg.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Blue is their kind of speedy, power runner, and Ezeiruaku and Revel were absolute steals, given both could have gone at the end of the first round.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2025
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So, unsurprisingly, prompt engineering, predictive analytics and digital supply chain literacy are fast becoming baseline expectations for professionals in logistics, procurement, planning and more.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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And, while a task force has been formed, the children who rely on us need prompt action.—
Joseph T. Monahan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Hit-and-run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-run. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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