runaway
Example Sentences
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The funding package also comes as new data shows that telehealth services do not result in overuse of medical services, which may help allay concerns about runaway usage and funding problems.
From MarketWatch
The runaway success “KPop Demon Hunters” can now also call itself an Oscar-nominated movie, securing nominations for best animated film and its signature track “Golden.”
The biggest box office surprise of 2025 is the runaway success of “Sinners,” an original concept featuring a primarily Black cast that’s still generating impressive ticket sales a month and a half after its release.
From Salon
L.A. continues to battle runaway production to other states and countries, as well as the continued effects on the industry of the pandemic and the 2023 dual writers’ and actors’ strikes.
From Los Angeles Times
“I couldn’t let them say such things. They called him an abolitionist, too. Said he hides runaway slaves in his own house.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
