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Recent Examples of run-ins
From multiple run-ins with the law to a couple stints in rehab, the 64-year-old actress's 2025 arrest capped her long battle with alcoholism.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
The growing catalog of run-ins comes as a half-century of international peacekeeping efforts along the border face an uncertain future.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Festivalgoers were at the ready with retrospective lists of their favorite screenings, parties and run-ins.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
The growing catalog of run-ins comes as a half-century of international peacekeeping efforts along the border face an uncertain future.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Even citizens who were not arrested but still questioned are rattled after run-ins with immigration officers.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 1 Feb. 2026
Davis, 31, has had other run-ins with law enforcement in South Florida.
—Freida Frisaro, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026
The actor also had run-ins with the law, including an arrest in May 2023 after turning his car off in the middle of a three-lane road.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Using this license information, detectives also found records showing the same Igor Kolomiets having run-ins in Broward County in 1998 and an incident at the Winn-DIxie in Big Pine Key with a deputy taking him back to Breezy Pines RV Estates.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
The growing catalog of run-ins comes as a half-century of international peacekeeping efforts along the border face an uncertain future.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Festivalgoers were at the ready with retrospective lists of their favorite screenings, parties and run-ins.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
The growing catalog of run-ins comes as a half-century of international peacekeeping efforts along the border face an uncertain future.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Even citizens who were not arrested but still questioned are rattled after run-ins with immigration officers.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 1 Feb. 2026
Davis, 31, has had other run-ins with law enforcement in South Florida.
—Freida Frisaro, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026
The actor also had run-ins with the law, including an arrest in May 2023 after turning his car off in the middle of a three-lane road.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Using this license information, detectives also found records showing the same Igor Kolomiets having run-ins in Broward County in 1998 and an incident at the Winn-DIxie in Big Pine Key with a deputy taking him back to Breezy Pines RV Estates.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run-ins
encounters
Noun
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Those physical encounters, which SDFC’s players seemed to relish, likely added to Pumas’ attrition.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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One study of more than 1,100-plus patient encounters found that remote patient monitoring cut hospitalizations by nearly 60%.—
Paul Hudson,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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