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runaway

adjective as in out of control

noun as in person who is trying to escape

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They bent recruiting rules, built giant stadiums and were criticized for runaway spending.

She was a runaway at 14, lived on the streets and with foster families.

Interrupting a runaway process There are several small-molecule drugs that show potential for slowing cyst expansion.

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And conventional wisdom might give the edge to Netflix, whose runaway success as a streamer has made it the new king of Hollywood.

“I look like a runaway cabin boy,” she thought.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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