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Recent Examples of runaround
Tell me one thing only please, and don’t give me the runaround.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
But at the beginning of 11th grade, a change to his mom’s insurance ended her personal care benefit, sending him into a runaround with his county’s Medicaid office in Minnesota.
—Leah Fabel, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
For more of Cher reading authority figures for filth, here's a great scene opposite Andrew Robinson, another in a string of doctors giving her and Rocky the runaround.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 20 May 2025
Wells said Tate helped her break through the runaround and connect with someone at DTE Energy who cleaned up trees.
—Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 22 May 2024
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
But at the beginning of 11th grade, a change to his mom’s insurance ended her personal care benefit, sending him into a runaround with his county’s Medicaid office in Minnesota.
—Leah Fabel, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
For more of Cher reading authority figures for filth, here's a great scene opposite Andrew Robinson, another in a string of doctors giving her and Rocky the runaround.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 20 May 2025
Wells said Tate helped her break through the runaround and connect with someone at DTE Energy who cleaned up trees.
—Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 22 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runaround
Noun
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That’s evidenced by the GOP’s skirting of the issue.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Dominator 3, at its base a Ford F-350, features an armored shell and skirting designed to keep winds from lifting the vehicle; strong windows, equipment for tracking weather data and a hydraulic spike system used to anchor the vehicle to the ground.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Assistive listening studies report that bypassing room acoustics and delivering audio directly can improve signal‑to‑noise ratios by 15–20 dB, making announcements comprehensible and lectures clearer [8].—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2026
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The facility, intended as the largest addition to the White House since the Oval Office, has sparked debate among historians, preservationists, commentators, and the public due to its demolition of the historic East Wing and the bypassing of standard preservation reviews.—
Associate News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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For one evening, the talk wasn’t of tanking, or alleged cap circumvention, or NBA employees’ troubling — and, to be fair, still only alleged — gambling connections.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Clippers investigation Silver said he has been told that the Los Angeles Clippers have been cooperative with the external investigation into their possible circumvention of the salary cap through a suspicious endorsement deal for Kawhi Leonard with a now-bankrupt company.—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One was the very clear sidestepping of Palestinian sovereignty, and the second was the issue of Iran.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But merely saying that is a cop-out.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Retreating to one’s room in the middle of the day feels like a cop-out at many places, but here the indoor-outdoor flow transforms a late-afternoon nap into a pleasure without the guilt.—
Alex Postman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Former House Speaker Charlie Flaherty plead guilty in 1996 to felony tax evasion as well as violating the state conflict of interest law for taking free vacation housing from lobbyists.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The agency late last year also increased the number of citable violations from five — including fare evasion, eating or drinking onboard, smoking, or incorrectly using a discount ticket — to 25.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Starter Seth Lugo pitched four strong innings, including artful dodging of traffic in the second, and the bullpen stranded seven Colombia base runners the rest of the way.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Its defense minister last week reported some 200,000 troop desertions and draft-dodging by about 2 million Ukrainians.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Fulton Weaver reached on a 1-out passed ball on a third strike for Country Day (20-1 overall, 5-0 conference) and went to third on a 2-base error on the throw to first.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Phillies handed San Francisco six outs in that inning.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Runaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaround. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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