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as in outs
to drive or force out
the dog often ran off cats and other animals that had intruded upon his owner's property
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as in escapes
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
their rebellious daughter's run off because she was disciplined again
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as in retreats
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
the mouse ran off as soon as it saw us
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Recent Examples of runs off
Cleveland scored three runs off reliever Glenn Taylor in the seventh to tie it 3-all and spoil a strong start by Anthony Kay.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
The Pirates scored five runs off nine hits, four of which were doubles, in just the first three frames.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Maine South had scored five runs off junior right-handers Kaden Butt and Aksel McKnight.
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Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Tied at 2 going into the seventh, the Marlins scored four runs off reliever Wilber Dotel (1-2).
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CBS News,
12 June 2026
The Angels scored two unearned runs off starter Kai-Wei Teng (3-5) in the first, one when Nolan Schanuel was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and the other on Oswald Peraza’s RBI grounder.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Rocker got off to a rough start allowing a solo homer to leadoff batter Travis Bazzana, but was able to rebound, giving up two runs off six hits in five innings of work.
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Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
The Jayhawks plated two runs off one hit and an Arkansas error in the fifth to grab an 8-5 lead.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
By the time Lee homered, the Pirates already had scored nine runs off Zebby Matthews and Mike Paredes, who was making his major league debut.
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Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
ABC News,
22 June 2026
The Pirates scored five runs off nine hits, four of which were doubles, in just the first three frames.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Maine South had scored five runs off junior right-handers Kaden Butt and Aksel McKnight.
—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Tied at 2 going into the seventh, the Marlins scored four runs off reliever Wilber Dotel (1-2).
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CBS News,
12 June 2026
The Angels scored two unearned runs off starter Kai-Wei Teng (3-5) in the first, one when Nolan Schanuel was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and the other on Oswald Peraza’s RBI grounder.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Rocker got off to a rough start allowing a solo homer to leadoff batter Travis Bazzana, but was able to rebound, giving up two runs off six hits in five innings of work.
—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
The Jayhawks plated two runs off one hit and an Arkansas error in the fifth to grab an 8-5 lead.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
By the time Lee homered, the Pirates already had scored nine runs off Zebby Matthews and Mike Paredes, who was making his major league debut.
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Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs off
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Ezekiel Richardson outs himself as a spy for the Continental Army to Claire.
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Luckily, the king’s favorite wife, Esther, outs herself as Jewish.
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This one remains scoreless after some early tension, and Austria escapes a close call.
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How to Get There Remote escapes, by definition, are hard to reach, but the Northern Neck is accessible from a few cities.
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As natural gas output partially retreats, global seaborne coal shipments to the region have risen, even if China and India are insourcing more domestic coal.
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Exhausted, my mind retreats toward sleep.
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The service quotes, handles objections, books the visit, and chases the estimates that never closed.
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This week, The Denver Post will take an in-depth, position-by-position look at where the Avs stand, and what the near-term future looks like as this core group of players chases an elusive second championship.
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With no idea what's going on, Dylan flees the FBC to find that the Hiss — otherworldly crimson monsters from another dimension — have overrun Manhattan.
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The original Ballerina – which was voiced in English by Elle Fanning and Dane DeHaan and in French by Camille Cottin and Malik Bentalha – followed a young girl who flees a rural orphanage to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina at the Paris Grand Opera House.
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Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.
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The Lions are not typically a team that flies counter to recognizing social justice causes.
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This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
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The title refers to a story-fable about a horse that runs away, only to turn up at a time of crisis.
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Garcia runs away screaming toward a third officer and drops the stick before he’s pushed down into a bed of bushes growing along the street curb.
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