runoff
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman have only begun to wage their Nov. 3 runoff campaigns, but they’re already trading sharp jabs about each other and their records.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Mr. Paxton, thanks to Mr. Trump’s last-minute endorsement, walloped the incumbent in the runoff, but only 1.3 million people voted, in a state of 18.7 million registered voters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Multiple US media outlets, including CNN and NBC News, projected Raman had secured enough votes to advance to the runoff despite the primary ballot count remaining ongoing.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
DuBuisson’s runoff drew about one-third of registered voters.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Except for what enters streams directly as rain or surface runoff, all the running water of the earth’s surface was at one time groundwater.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing runoff
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