cut and run
Example Sentences
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How many cut and run following the 21 years Berkshire’s growth lagged the S&P 500 or the 11 years its value fell?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
“It may be a collective. It may be a store. There’s no way I can cut and run out of a place that’s so special.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
The pay package, he said, “is not actually cash, and I can’t cut and run, nor would I want to.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
“We’re not going to cut and run at the first sign of trouble,” he says.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023
And the way she was looking at the guy...Yeah, was it any wonder that he decided it was best to cut and run?
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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