run away with
Example Sentences
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Police Chief Wahl said the mother of one of the two alleged attackers had called police around 09:40 local time to report that her son had run away with her firearms and her car.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
If Liberace had run away with an art historian, they might have landed here.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
For a time, it appeared Anthropic would run away with that race.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026
Just as they looked to be about to run away with it, mistakes started to creep in which handed Edinburgh a route back into the game.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
“Sam Pancoast and Ollie Oliver are stationed in Ravenel. Rocky Green’s in El Toro. His wife left him six months ago to run away with a twenty-two-year-old corporal in his squadron. Rocky’s got the kids.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
