runoff
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And Paxton has noted that the expensive primary runoff left his coffers more depleted than those of Talarico, who could afford to spend the spring stockpiling his war chest after winning his March primary.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
With public financing, they developed a pilot program to collect the runoff at a retired coal mine in Mount Storm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
He said the Treasury Department and the Fed “would work together if there was any change in the balance sheet,” and that his department “would adjust to any kind of runoff that they’re doing.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
In early results from the special election runoff to complete the congressional term of disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, state Sen. Aisha Wahab was in the lead late Tuesday by a narrow margin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
When I crossed the river’s northern bend, I avoided glancing at the brownish water churning below, noxious with runoff from the slaughterhouses.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing runoff
Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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