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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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And yet there’s hardly an ounce of violence on screen, which feels like both a cop-out and, in some ways, an accomplishment.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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This is a bit of a cop-out, but there’s not much drama in the room unless injury hits.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The Chrisley Knows Best stars were serving time after being convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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The former married former reality stars were convicted of tax evasion and defrauding community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans to fund their luxurious lifestyle.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Up three runs with two outs and a man on second in the sixth, manager Kevin Cash called on reliever Kevin Kelly, whose last two outings had cost the Rays games.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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The three outs that followed began another fruitless night with runners in scoring position, as the Padres finished 0-for-5 and have gone 16-for-97 (.165) with runners in scoring position over their past 14 games.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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“Runaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaround. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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