as in skirting
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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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Many would have to raise their taxes as most do not allow for deficit spending (for the federal government, the optimal cop-out).—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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Of course, there will always be times when a company catches you by surprise and lists your name along with other underperforming employees in a cop-out to cover their atrocious layoffs.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
Noun
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His father was a Genovese gangster murdered by the Colombo crime family in retaliation for committing two slayings — a story people told Pappa as a child — and his stepfather was locked up for drug and tax evasion charges.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
9 June 2025
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Gold smuggling is on the rise, fueling concerns over laundering and evasion of international sanctions.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Pivetta fielded a grounder and ran it to first base for the second out in the third inning and then ran to first base and grabbed a ball that bounced off the bag for the third out.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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Nicky Vlastos, who drove in St. Paul’s second run in the third inning, hit a single to left to put two runners on with one out, but one was all the Falcons needed.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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“Runaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaround. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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