run away
Example Sentences
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It was not the first time Larissa had run away but Karen said something was "niggling" her this time.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
If Liberace had run away with an art historian, they might have landed here.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"That kind of argument really belongs to the past," he says, noting the idea that foreign investors "have to be treated with kid gloves or they run away... no longer has much force".
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Instead, the player nicknamed “The Alien” puts a forcefield around the basket—making would-be attackers turn tail and run away.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
“You can’t run away from this,” Teresita said, touching the cards and looking at the ceiling blindly.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
