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Recent Examples of runaround
As a runaround, local leaders in Boise and Salt Lake City adopted new official city flags to run up the pole.
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
All the cost, all the runaround, the many years of waiting.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Each prompt, even in the midst of a conversation or chat with GPT-5 will be getting this runaround.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 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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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
All the cost, all the runaround, the many years of waiting.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Each prompt, even in the midst of a conversation or chat with GPT-5 will be getting this runaround.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 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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Such circumvention of due process is part of the accusations against Duterte and Dela Rosa.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Amid a strange Clippers season and an ongoing investigation into cap-circumvention allegations, the 34-year-old Leonard has put together arguably his finest season as a Clippers player.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 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 the union is not wrong to call this a cop-out, either.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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But merely saying that is a cop-out.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday launched a mega-operation to dismantle fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, in the latest phase of an investigation targeting criminal gangs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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In 1960, in what would be the start of a seminal friendship, Jones was approached by King to be on his legal team in a tax evasion case brought by the state of Alabama.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Noun
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When McKenzie asks him how much he’s contributed to the coffers of politicians, his dodging of the question is pure dissembling theater.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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Furthermore, the Ukrainian army is short-handed, facing some 200,000 troop desertions and draft-dodging by around 2 million people, Fedorov, the defense minister, said in January.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ben Royo kept the inning alive with a two-out single to left.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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His ideas hinge on the out-of-possession, looking to disrupt the opposition build-up and relying on physicality and athleticism in midfield, where players are encouraged to take risks to steal the ball and back each other up in the press.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“Runaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaround. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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