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
People generally use “Kafkaesque” as an exaggerated metaphor, perhaps to describe the runaround you get from an insurance company or an especially aggravating trip to the DMV.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
By his own admission, Marcus Johnson's metallic blue Suzuki Swift was an unremarkable car - a little runaround bought after passing his driving test.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
For some unknown reason, the authorities kept on giving him the runaround, telling him to bring this and that document, this and that certificate.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
