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Recent Examples of run off
Verb
The Pirates’ only run off Fried came on a Bryan Reynolds homer in the third inning. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025 Over a decade ago, Melanie Epperson's sweet puppy, Snuggles, ran off while the pet parent was helping her grandson move into a new home, according to WKBW-TV. Raven Brunner, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
The snowpack would provide constant runoff for rivers and streams and lakes, a riparian cornucopia ensuring only the mildest wildfires would ever come for our arboreal paradise. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Noboa’s efforts however will be heavily dependent on next week’s presidential runoff vote. Abel Alvarado, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run off
Verb
  • The Gators and Clayton somehow overcame Houston’s lock-down intensity Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller decided when the Florida senior’s own defense stopped the Cougars from even taking a winning shot at the buzzer.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The Gators and Clayton somehow overcame Houston’s lockdown intensity, along with a 12-point deficit Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller decided when the Florida senior’s own D stopped the Cougars from even taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer.
    Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
  • No one was harmed during the incident, and the suspect escaped.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Yankees’ second baseman then threw his helmet before retreating to the clubhouse.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Instead of an opportunity to gawk and marvel, The Silent Twins presents these two sisters — who retreated inside themselves and spoke only to each other for years — with a sense of complete individuality and autonomy.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Three laundry and cleaning experts share their recommendations for keeping your bedding fresh.
    Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Three laundry and cleaning experts share their recommendations for keeping your bedding fresh.
    Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Security on the scene in Houston said the decision whether to eject the fan ultimately rested with the Astros and Major League Baseball.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The man was ejected from the scooter and landed in a southbound lane, where he was struck by a vehicle.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Fires are not a material risk, and neither are the crowds fleeing them.
    Rascal Kemble-Curry, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • In Venezuela and Nicaragua, repressive regimes have also prompted a humanitarian crisis that has forced millions to flee.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Since Trump came to office on Jan. 20, his administration has flown more than 200 people from the U.S. to El Salvador to be imprisoned in CECOT.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In the show, Joel flies in like a bat out of hell and violently knocks Seth to the ground before telling him to get the hell out.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Two and a half feet of rain beat down upon the face of the San Gabriels, wiping out the rustic resorts wedged into the canyons, and chuting runoff waters down onto the plain along ancient dry rivulets and freshets and canyons that Angelenos had forgotten or never known about.
    Patt MorrisonColumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The Hudson River had a little current, fed by freshets from upstream with local rains, and melting snow farther up, in the Adirondacks.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020

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