run away
Example Sentences
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“They’d much rather run the risk of hiking now and having to cut later than sitting back and letting inflation run away from them,” Pantheon’s Vistesen said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The Mbeumo decision is more controversial, as the ball would have run away from him had it not hit his arm.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
That’s when Ventura police arrested Gu as she tried to run away.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"That kind of argument really belongs to the past," he says, noting the idea that foreign investors "have to be treated with kid gloves or they run away... no longer has much force".
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The pain speared my heart and the threat of tears blinded me, so I tightened my grip on Juanita’s hand, fighting the urge to scream, to cry, to run away from it all.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
