1
as in escaped
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
ran away from an unhappy marriage
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as in retreated
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
the child runs away from large dogs
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Recent Examples of ran away
Gunfire rang out into the vehicle until both men eventually ran away in opposite directions.
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Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Officers made contact with the man, who then ran away and into the Fox River.
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Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Witnesses told Chicago police that gunmen ran inside a Dunning neighborhood three-flat where two young men were found shot to death Thursday and then ran away from the block that sits at the foot of the Irving Park Cemetery.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Bayer and Diaconis — who as a teenager ran away from home to apprentice with a magician specializing in card tricks, before becoming a renowned mathematician — didn’t just prove the existence of a precise cutoff in a real-world system.
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John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
17 June 2026
In the meetup, the buyer was examining the cards, pretended to pay, sprayed the seller with pepper spray and then ran away with the cards.
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Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
That’s when the witness said Anthony pulled out a knife, stabbed Metcalf once, then ran away.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Kim shot his friend six times in front of his friend’s girlfriend in the parking lot of a CVS in Westminster, prosecutors say, and then ran away.
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Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
There are five Broderick siblings, but their eldest brother and sister ran away from the cult, and their mother was kicked out after medication was found among her belongings.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Officers made contact with the man, who then ran away and into the Fox River.
—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Witnesses told Chicago police that gunmen ran inside a Dunning neighborhood three-flat where two young men were found shot to death Thursday and then ran away from the block that sits at the foot of the Irving Park Cemetery.
—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Bayer and Diaconis — who as a teenager ran away from home to apprentice with a magician specializing in card tricks, before becoming a renowned mathematician — didn’t just prove the existence of a precise cutoff in a real-world system.
—
John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
17 June 2026
In the meetup, the buyer was examining the cards, pretended to pay, sprayed the seller with pepper spray and then ran away with the cards.
—
Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
That’s when the witness said Anthony pulled out a knife, stabbed Metcalf once, then ran away.
—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Kim shot his friend six times in front of his friend’s girlfriend in the parking lot of a CVS in Westminster, prosecutors say, and then ran away.
—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
There are five Broderick siblings, but their eldest brother and sister ran away from the cult, and their mother was kicked out after medication was found among her belongings.
—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ran away
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Emilio Buitrago, who was born in Venezuela but moved to Philadelphia in the 1990s, says his cousin narrowly escaped her apartment building during the earthquakes.
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And this has not escaped Justice Alito's notice.
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Padres left fielder Jase Bowen retreated to the ivy and made a leaping catch.
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Armand gives a recap of the events leading up to and following the Trial of season two, saying that Lestat retreated to Magnus’s tower for the latter half of the 20th century, and never reached out to Louis to expose the truth about Armand orchestrating Claudia’s murder.
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In March 2024, Rice was involved in a high-speed multi-vehicle crash in Dallas, then fled the scene.
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The number of animals in his care has multiplied since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, as hundreds of thousands of southern Lebanon residents fled and were unable to take their pets or farm animals.
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Wilson scrambled back to his feet after diving headfirst into second, then bolted for third base.
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Romanch Mahajan was fatally injured after the horse pulling his carriage bolted, collided with another carriage and toppled over on June 16.
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The horse then got spooked and ran off, while the driver chased after it.
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After Mamdani ran off a long list of his favorite players over the years, Dolan was not impressed and showed his disdain for hizzoner.
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Villaraigosa, who led the city from 2005-13 and recently ran for governor, argued that this is not the right time to make even that change.
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The Dred Scott decision is said to have inspired Lincoln to speak out forcefully against slavery, run for president, and later lead the nation through a bloody Civil War.
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The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
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Bungie quickly got out a few nerfs to items or bugs that were trivializing every boss encounter in the game, but if there is one outlier overpowered meta, that’s just going to stay.
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“Ran away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ran%20away. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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