runaround

Example Sentences

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CBS host Gayle King isn’t pleased about getting the runaround from Robert De Niro, who revealed earlier this week that he had welcomed a new baby — his seventh child.

From Los Angeles Times

The Associated Press contacted the school about Stone-Gebhardt’s fears, as well as concerns from his mother, who felt she was getting the runaround when she tried to discuss the issue with the school officials.

From Washington Times

“They just give you the runaround — how am I going to join the plan when I don’t know what it will cover?”

From New York Times

“I tried contacting our military and the FBI — and just got the runaround — to try to enlighten them on what a lot of these things probably are. And they’re going to look not too intelligent to be shooting them down,” Ron Meadows, the founder of Scientific Balloon Solutions, a Silicon Valley, California, company that makes purpose-built pico balloons for hobbyists, educators and scientists, told Aviation Week.

From Washington Times

A runaround that will be reversed as we in the press keep flogging away at chastened politicos.

From Seattle Times