runoff

Example Sentences

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The race will likely end up a runoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Irrigation runoff from farm fields kept it going.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In an effort to stand out and make it through to a June runoff, many candidates are amping up the rhetoric.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

If the race is not decided in the June 2 primary, DSA-LA can still endorse a candidate in the runoff.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

There was no scent of foundry runoff in this water, so we drank and I topped off my water bottle.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss