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runaway

adjective as in out of control

noun as in person who is trying to escape

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They immediately reported her as an underage runaway to the authorities, and the moment Mariona was about to board a boat back to Barcelona, she was arrested.

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Hetts thinks the bull market has legs, the U.S. economy will keep modestly growing in 2026, and that inflation will remain sticky but without a “runaway spike.”

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“I am not putting my money into a 3.75% bond if I can book a 10% gain in the runaway gold market.”

Writer and producer David E. Kelley’s current projects will be filmed in California, an unusual move as runaway production has affected jobs.

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Operators needed to get water into the reactor to slow the runaway reactions.

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

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