runaround

Example Sentences

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Emails to Saks asking about owed payments often went unanswered or were met with a runaround, said Emiliano Shnitzer-Bartocci, vice president of CTE Watch Co., which distributes Timex watches and Ray-Ban sunglasses among other accessories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Can this show keep people invested in this runaround for two more seasons?

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

Most of these jokers she interviews on the field, whether they shoot her straight, or give her the runaround, appreciate the inherent warmness she’s shown over the years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024

But after giving his first club Liverpool the runaround on opening weekend, he now has two successive high-calibre games to brandish at his seemingly ever-present and emboldened band of detractors.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023

I didn’t have time for all her runaround talk, and I was surprised that she cared so little.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri