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run away

verb as in break away

verb as in skip

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This woman, it transpires, is fleeing an unhappy marriage; she invites herself onboard and persuades Jatgeir to run away with her.

A construction worker told Reuters news agency he was pumping concrete into the building's lower floors outside when the building collapsed and ran away after seeing a large cloud of dust.

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“He turned around, tried to run away. I shot him several more times in the back.”

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Praising the quick-thinking of those at the synagogue, he told the BBC: "I saw genuine heroism, I have to say, and people who ran to help others rather than running away. It was astonishing."

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Praising the quick-thinking of those at the synagogue, he said: "I saw genuine heroism, I have to say, and people who ran to help others rather than running away. It was astonishing."

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

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