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Recent Examples of runaround
For this reason and others, the prime minister spent over a year giving President Joe Biden the runaround on negotiations.
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Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 2025
Ask direct questions if someone is giving you the runaround.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Exorbitant legal fees and bureaucratic runarounds require property owners to follow a list of tedious rules to reclaim their property.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 July 2024
That’s when Rambo started to give them the runaround, Patel said.
—Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2024
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Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 2025
Ask direct questions if someone is giving you the runaround.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Exorbitant legal fees and bureaucratic runarounds require property owners to follow a list of tedious rules to reclaim their property.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 July 2024
That’s when Rambo started to give them the runaround, Patel said.
—Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runaround
Noun
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All the moral skirting of the issues at hand felt so rich.—
Dwyer Murphy
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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Hinson said the skirting of tariffs undermined an Illinois auto company’s business, forcing it to lay off a quarter of its workforce.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Ultimately, the labor export program shouldn’t be seen as a cop-out by the government but rather as a single element of a much larger jobs plan that ought to prioritize opportunities in the country.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
20 June 2025
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Such a cop-out is the underlying, depressing reality with all of these remakes: No change can be too daring, no update too significant.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
Noun
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In the short clip, Julie shared her reaction to learning that President Donald Trump granted her and her husband Todd Chrisley full pardons, relieving them of the serving the remainder of their 2022 sentence for bank fraud and tax evasion.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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The pair was accused of running a scheme that, through fraudulent loans, defrauded the IRS and committed tax evasion.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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The Royals added three more in the third after Teoscar Hernández let a hard-hit, but very much catchable, line drive get over his head in right to score one run, and Bobby Witt Jr. added a two-run homer with two outs in the inning.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Both San Jose State and the San Jose Sharks get shout outs, and yes, the Dancing Pig is up there, too.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
28 June 2025
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“Runaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaround. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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