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

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

“Every day they call to get an update. Every single day they’re calling. And they get the runaround every single day, repeatedly,” she said.

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

I tried calling them, and I got the runaround there as well.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah