runaround
Example Sentences
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Drivers who request an appeal are either automatically denied or given the runaround without being offered an actual appeals process, Liss-Riordan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
At Fir Park, Celtic were given the runaround by Jens Berthel Askou's team in a deserved 2-0 win.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
She says every effort thereafter to straighten things out met the runaround.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Can this show keep people invested in this runaround for two more seasons?
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025
She slipped into the back of these gatherings—just a tired, heavy, middle-aged black woman searching for a place to rest her feet as she dealt with some bureaucratic runaround.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
