runabout

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Recent Examples of runabout Not so in China, where manufacturers have developed a range of cheap and cheerful little EV runabouts which can be bought for as little as $7,000 before tax. Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Manari says the runabout is also equipped with some rare features for its size, including an open-sided balcony and a swim platform that both connect guests to the water. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025 Tour guides here say that the only thing allowed on the property that wasn’t designed by Wright was a Thompson TVT boat, a small, wooden runabout. AFAR Media, 14 July 2025 There are few electric cars available for under £20,000 ($25,000), and most are only short-range city runabouts. James Morris, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for runabout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runabout
Noun
  • The officer immediately turns on the cruiser lights and stops the car.
    David R. Smith, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That escalated to some climbing onto a BPD cruiser and then setting it on fire, totaling it.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dawson pumped his arms in the air and sat his two children on top of the giant pumpkin — roughly the same weight as a small sedan or a large bison — after being crowned this year’s winner.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Yellow caution tape could be seen surrounding the crash site where a black unmarked SUV and a white sedan sit side-by-side with front-end damage, video from CNN affiliate WPRI shows.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The group then towed a 26-foot Grady White cabin cruiser to the boat ramp, agents said.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The first incident began after a 24-foot cabin cruiser was spotted around 4:40 a.m. by a Coast Guard cutter that activated its blue lights while trying to stop it.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025

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“Runabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runabout. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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