runaway

Example Sentences

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To the players, that is the problem—not runaway spending in LA.

From The Wall Street Journal

At that time, the ECB faced fierce criticism for failing to hike borrowing costs quickly enough to tame runaway price rises.

From Barron's

In the 1970s, the U.S. economy was racked by oil shocks, runaway inflation and a weak labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal

That debate would have triggered a discussion about the cost of runaway benefits, which would have reined in the size of benefit checks long ago.

From MarketWatch

I got out of the bag and fed them and packed and stood on the sled and they pulled up and out of the gully like a runaway train.

From Literature