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Recent Examples of runaround
Barker has no trouble recalling that game at Anfield, scoring one goal, laying on another two and giving Alexander-Arnold the runaround from start to finish.
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Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
For this reason and others, the prime minister spent over a year giving President Joe Biden the runaround on negotiations.
—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
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Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
For this reason and others, the prime minister spent over a year giving President Joe Biden the runaround on negotiations.
—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
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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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Bloy’s answer to Variety’s question is both understandable and a total cop-out.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
15 July 2025
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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
Noun
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The Russians are already working in ways of countering interceptors, including jamming, automatic evasion, and a new model of Shahed with a jet engine to outpace them.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The series will continue the following night, followed by episodes on Sept. 9 and 16. Todd, 56, and Julie, 52, were each convicted of multiple bank fraud and tax evasion charges in June 2022, with Todd being sentenced to 12 years in federal prison and Julie to seven.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
31 July 2025
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The crowd was on its feet with De La Cruz at the plate with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with a chance to win the game with one mighty swing.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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Emmet Sheehan held the Reds hitless through the fifth, sixth and seventh innings but walked two in the eighth to put two runners on with two outs.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
31 July 2025
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“Runaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaround. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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