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Recent Examples of runaways
Offering help to located runaways Each runaway who is located is offered services specific to their needs and circumstances.
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Tony Aiello, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Tony Aiello, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runaways
Noun
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The government actually deported more than six hundred and seventy-five thousand people, but getting just to that number involved broad and violent sweeps and the expulsion of people who were in the country legally, actions that led to widespread protests.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Rockies have two sweeps in their first nine series this season, also taking three games against Houston from April 6-8.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 May 2026
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The threat of quakes causing landslides in lake areas isn’t just theoretical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The previous blowouts don’t matter — the games will start 0-0.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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On the women’s side, where blowouts are many and upsets rare, some of those first-round games figure to be can’t-watch TV.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Spring break isn’t just for partying college kids and family theme-park romps.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Kelly’s debut romps with the animal, real and imagined, exploring love and wounding through the animal-nature of our feelings, the precarious past and present of our human lives.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The recording captures Ligdis pleaded for help from dispatchers, and then Kendall finding the mother and son.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Since then, snake captures have increased, while sightings of opossums, wood rats, and cotton mice have decreased.—
Sonia Osorio,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Runaways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaways. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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