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runaway

[ruhn-uh-wey] / ˈrʌn əˌweɪ /


NOUN
person who is trying to escape
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In the meantime, how about putting more information before passengers of this runaway train?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Throughout the ride, the students put their new traits to the test: confronting a hippogriff blocking the tracks, capturing runaway chocolate frogs and facing off a soul-sucking dementor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

One factor fuelling outsider interest in Bozeman, according to many, was the "Yellowstone Effect" – transplants drawn to the state by the fictitious runaway hit drama Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

It wants to develop its own sovereign AI models and infrastructure to avoid over-reliance on the United States and China, the sector's runaway leaders.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

The ongoing energy crisis contributed greatly to the OASIS’s runaway popularity.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

A database by the Texas Runaway Slave Project, which found listings for 2,500 runaways across various Texas newspapers from the 1840s through the 1860s, also documents the frequented journey to Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

For years after cousins Elsie Eldora Luscier and Carlotta Maria Sanchez disappeared from the Quinault Indian Reservation in August 1979, authorities thought they were runaways.

From Seattle Times Oct. 8, 2023

Police said the boys were runaways from a residential care facility in San Dimas, which is about 46 miles east of Santa Monica.

From Washington Times Oct. 8, 2023

Like Fardousa, the 23-year-old ran away from home and found herself immersed in Mogadishu's underground lifestyle consisting of fellow young runaways who have no financial support.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2023

The dormitories were full of runaways who’d taken refuge here, in the wake of a recent escape from their chains or after years of making a life for themselves elsewhere.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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