running away

Example Sentences

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They are usually running away when things are too good, and then when things are down in the cycle, that’s when they get the motivation to go back in and make investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

"I'll flinch, I'll go to run. In my job when that alarm is hit. I'm not running away from the danger, I'm running to the danger. It's completely exhausting."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

It was only last week when Huntington Beach was unbeaten in the Sunset League and running away with the the league title.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

“We were committed to keeping everything about the employees and the quality from day one. We were never interested in just taking the brand and running away with it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Avoiding her is out of the question since her room is right across the hall from me and she’d see me running away.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon