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run around









run-around


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They get a gated yard for their dog to run around without shelling out for today’s mortgage rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“I’d run around Central Park in my hometown. It was an escape.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Friday's stage five is a 166km run around Dubai and should also result in a bunch sprint.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Concentration camp systems are always an end run around the existing legal system in a country at a given time.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

I’m sure it was occasionally just an excuse to get us kids out of the classroom and have us run around on the grass.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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