runaround
Example Sentences
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She would likely have to navigate price adjustments, offers below the listing price, and potential buyers giving her the runaround.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
At Fir Park, Celtic were given the runaround by Jens Berthel Askou's team in a deserved 2-0 win.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
She says every effort thereafter to straighten things out met the runaround.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
The agencies, he said, gave him the runaround and he couldn’t get anyone to answer his calls — which he said was perplexing, considering the rapid response when he alerted them to infected cattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
I tried calling them, and I got the runaround there as well.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
