run around
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By the next robot Olympics, they’ll probably have figured out how to run around corners.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
He has described watching his children donning Specs to run around playing laser tag, learn about dinosaurs and build with virtual Legos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
Felix dropped Freebie's leash and let him run around the room.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
"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
Giving me the run-around on salary, after they approached me, is aggravating.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2018
In the second game, for example, Federer netted backhands and forehands to offer up break points, then pushed a run-around, inside-out forehand wide to give Gulbis a lead he'd never relinquish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2014
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
