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A star can become a runaway when other massive stars fling it away through their gravity.
RUNAWAY STARS MAY CREATE THE MYSTERIOUS ULTRAVIOLET GLOW AROUND SOME GALAXIESKEN CROSWELLNOVEMBER 30, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
We still have to rein in runaway health care costs, and get the still-raging pandemic under control, to say nothing of preparing for whatever outbreaks are yet to come.
ARE WE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?CLEAF2013OCTOBER 17, 2020FORTUNE
The problem is that runaway fires in overgrown forests don’t achieve the same results as controlled burns.
SUPPRESSING FIRES HAS FAILED. HERE’S WHAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO DO INSTEAD.JAMES TEMPLESEPTEMBER 17, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
It’s unlikely that any big automaker can remain a runaway growth machine after decades in the business, but we’ll give Tesla a generous multiple of 25 in 2030, meaning that investors still expect it to wax at better-than-industry rates.
TESLA HAS A BUSINESS MODEL PROBLEM: IT CAN NEVER JUSTIFY ITS CURRENT STOCK PRICE BY SIMPLY MAKING CARSSHAWN TULLYAUGUST 29, 2020FORTUNE
Antarctica’s existing ice sheets, for example, could theoretically limit runaway greenhouse warming.
A RAINFOREST ONCE GREW NEAR THE SOUTH POLECAROLYN GRAMLINGMAY 11, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
If the man be truly a runaway, said Sir Walter, and of an able body, he will be right welcome; for we have but few labourers.
HILDEBRANDANONYMOUS
This runaway marriage would be a dreadful dishonour to me, if it were followed by a life of lazy dependence on my wife's fortune.
JOHN MARCHMONT'S LEGACY, VOLUMES I-IIIMARY E. BRADDON
Reason: an exasperated parent who had followed from Meru for the purpose of reclaiming his runaway offspring.
THE LAND OF FOOTPRINTSSTEWART EDWARD WHITE
There has been an escape, and a sharp watch is held to keep the runaway in the town.
BLACKWOODS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 59, NO. 366, APRIL, 1846VARIOUS
On the up trip, the Governor's party met one man, who afterward proved to be a runaway thief from Detroit.
THE COUNTRY OF THE NEUTRALSJAMES H. COYNE

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