run-around
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"I bought it as a little run-around, to get back and forth from work and to take my family out at the weekends," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
"It's a way of putting pressure on them, telling them we're tired of getting the run-around," said Alexander Salazar, a student and protest leader at Ayotzinapa.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2022
They said Chase gave them the run-around in recovering the funds until I got involved.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2021
McDonald said staff at Stateville gave her the run-around when she called looking for answers.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2020
That was a run-around freedom that seem faraway to me now—freedom to make your plan, drum on the shocshine box, earn a little money, buy a chicken, read the papier.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
Time had punctured the roof with 20 holes and whenever it rained, Baker would run around placing buckets under them and emptying them when they were full, like a game of Whac-A-Mole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
No-one is asking you to run around a pitch for 90 minutes today.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
It has batting cages, climbing walls, golf simulators and fields to run around in those cleats before walking out with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
The Italian edged out Norwegian Erlend Blikra and compatriot Matteo Malucelli in the charge to the line at the end of a flat 166km run around Dubai.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
“What do they let him run around loose for.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
