runaround

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Recent Examples of runaround That’s when Rambo started to give them the runaround, Patel said. Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2024 In today’s crossword, Trent H. Evans gives us the runaround, using a distinctive theme style. Sam Corbin, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024 And increasingly what's happened, of course, with a divided Congress and a divided Washington is presidents of all strikes, not just Democrats, have wanted to try to do runarounds around Congress a little bit. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023 People appreciate truth and not being given the runaround, even in the most difficult of times. Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for runaround
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runaround
Noun
  • 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
  • There was no deception here, no skirting of any regulations.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Please don’t say Darwin Nunez — David C. Waugh: This may seem like a cop-out answer, but Newcastle are confident that, as things stand, Alexander Isak is going nowhere.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Their talk is confidential, even from us, which is a bit of a cop-out.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Part of this containment strategy is to stop Chinese company transshipments through Canada and Mexico from engaging in willful U.S. tariff evasion.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Our president is about to pardon Pete, who gambled on games but did time for tax evasion.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Holy Cross used five pitchers in the inning, with two of them failing to record an out.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • More news: Former Yankees, Cubs All-Star Free Agent Acknowledges His Career Could Be Over With one out and two men on, Cortes was called upon to face the top of the Los Angeles Dodgers' order.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Runaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaround. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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