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Recent Examples of runaways
Offering help to located runaways Each runaway who is located is offered services specific to their needs and circumstances.
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Tony Aiello, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Tony Aiello, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runaways
Noun
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The government actually deported more than six hundred and seventy-five thousand people, but getting just to that number involved broad and violent sweeps and the expulsion of people who were in the country legally, actions that led to widespread protests.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Rockies have two sweeps in their first nine series this season, also taking three games against Houston from April 6-8.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Southeast Alaska, largely encompassed by a temperate rainforest, is no stranger to landslides.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Designed with blowouts in mind, this styling cream takes smooth hair seriously.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
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Some categories were neck-and-neck, while others were absolute blowouts.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Spring break isn’t just for partying college kids and family theme-park romps.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Kelly’s debut romps with the animal, real and imagined, exploring love and wounding through the animal-nature of our feelings, the precarious past and present of our human lives.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Road cruising has resulted in more captures, but many of those snakes are hatchlings.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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That image of her morning perfectly captures where Fisher is right now.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Runaways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runaways. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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