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runaway

ruh nuh way

  • n  an easy victory
  • n  someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
  • s  completely out of control
    runaway inflation

  • Florida's latest domestic spectacle concerns a 17-year-old runaway from Ohio, Rifqa Bary, who claims that her Muslim parents will kill her for converting to Christianity.
  • But the runaway prices and the increasing national anxiety demanded that the President say something, and make it substantive, and do it quickly.
  • Is it, as one Wall Streeter called it, "a runaway marketa panic of dollars into stocks?" Last week the Dow-Jones industrial average rose 15.
News & Articles

  • Stepfather finds runaway daughter working as prostitute in Fife
    A man reportedly discovered his runaway 15-year-old stepdaughter and her 15-year-old friend working as prostitutes at a Fife motel. According to probable-cause documents from the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney, the man was alerted to his stepdaughter's ad on Backpage.com by a friend.
    June 14, 2013 - seattlepi.com
  • 5 runaway siblings found safe in Las Vegas
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say they’ve located five runaway siblings who range in age from 7 to 14.
    June 14, 2013 - Reno Gazette-Journal
  • Runaway emu leads police on chase, later dies
    Not your ordinary police pursuit. Tempe police chased a runaway emu through the streets on Wednesday.
    June 13, 2013 - FOX 10 Phoenix
Quotes

  • Ernie Els in FOXSports.com
    It looked like a runaway at the end of yesterday,added Els. "But it looks like the guys are really set to give Tiger a go, and the crowd could sense that."
  • Earl Pomeroy in Boston Globe
    This is not just another case of runaway corporate greed and arrogance, ripping off shareholders by excesses lavished around the executive suite,said Rep. Earl Pomeroy, DN.D. "These bonuses represent a squandering of the people's money....
  • Richard Blumenthal in Reuters UK
    Beverage companies are fueling a runaway marketing train,Blumenthal said, speaking for the entire group.

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