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Recent Examples of runaround
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.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 20 May 2025
Barker has no trouble recalling that game at Anfield, scoring one goal, laying on another two and giving Alexander-Arnold the runaround from start to finish.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
For this reason and others, the prime minister spent over a year giving President Joe Biden the runaround on negotiations.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 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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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 20 May 2025
Barker has no trouble recalling that game at Anfield, scoring one goal, laying on another two and giving Alexander-Arnold the runaround from start to finish.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
For this reason and others, the prime minister spent over a year giving President Joe Biden the runaround on negotiations.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 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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Some strains are now capable of identifying and bypassing backups, targeting critical systems first and spreading laterally across devices and networks.—
Ro'ee Margalit,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The law prohibits the circumvention of security measures used online by a ticket issuer.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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Sora’s release, and the rapid circumvention of its authentication mechanisms, is a reminder that society is unprepared for the next wave of increasingly realistic, personalized deepfakes.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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But in the wake of that buildup, the film's shockingly anticlimactic ending also feels like somewhat of a cop-out.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Claiming victimhood was a cop-out; those who made accusations of assault were ridiculed.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After the 1994 season, he was charged with tax evasion.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Strawberry was indicted for tax evasion and pleaded guilty in 1995 to a felony charge for failing to report $350,000 in income from autograph signings, personal appearances and memorabilia sales.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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And although the modern age of gaming is mostly dominated by a Soulslike ethos of action that prioritizes methodical dodging and plodding, there are many fans who yearn for a return to the heyday of 2000s-era slash ‘em ups.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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However, the court would not expand the receivership to take over any future LLCs the Verrichias might form ― at least not yet, although the court indicated a willingness to revisit the issue should the Verrichias dodging of their creditor continue.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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To be fair, public entities have been stretching public records trade secret exceptions to logical extremes long before college athletes started getting paid—and these carve-outs are often intended to be permissive.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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This set things up for another memorable one-out home run in the ninth inning by Miguel Rojas.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Runaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaround. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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