"Runaway" refers to a person who leaves or escapes from a situation or place without permission, often running away from home or a specific responsibility.
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It's a gorgeous
runaway success of a book filled with beautiful, Middle Eastern inspired vegetarian dishes so choosing what to cook was difficult.
And sadly, the «low fat» campaign seems to be an unstoppable
runaway train.
There are some standards or units of instruction that, for whatever reason, you know aren't going to be
runaway hits with students.
The crude, generic figures in this suite of prints were originally rendered as illustrations
for runaway slave posters.
Most
runaway slaves, if caught, faced harsh punishment and sometimes even death.
A new study suggests the idea, seen as a last - ditch way to deal
with runaway climate change, could cut rainfall in the tropics by 30 %.
They're much more likely to go extinct from
runaway climate change than they are from wind farms.
I'm doing a fictional piece
on runaway global warming, and I'd be happy to advise them.
Nevertheless, it's probably safe to say, being diversified in various investments — like the three you mentioned above — is one way of protecting yourself
from runaway inflation.
Funny how a couple years later the real life
runaway bride was all over the news, eh?
As runaway books sell ever - larger numbers, publishers will earn more on their biggest sellers — which will keep driving up the advances they pay for potential hits.
Cancer cells have
runaway growth, so the researchers thought the compound might inhibit those cells.
I don't know where you live, but I'm guessing you probably have homeless and
runaway kids in your country and maybe even near where you live.
In other words, I was not terribly worried
about runaway climate change before this.
If the plight of the middle class isn't the result of
runaway spending, or of a refusal to go out and work, what is behind it?
In recognition of his action in
stopping runaway horses on two occasions at great personal risk.
For trucks that don't do that or that suffered a brake failure for other reasons, there are escape ramps filled with sand or other material to reduce the speed of
runaway trucks.
Gender, age, economic background, race and many other demographics vary widely in the homeless and
runaway youth population, and vary by program and location.
Called bow shocks, these dramatic arc - shaped features in space are helping researchers to uncover massive, so - called
runaway stars.
All of these factors influence the battery's reliability, and if they get too extreme, they can cause a
thermal runaway condition.
One important aspect of
runaway trends that is sometimes overlooked is that closing prices are the most relevant price factor in the technical analysis of a market.
We believe in this cause, and have made provisions in our trust to fund homeless and
runaway teen programs, especially those with dedicated beds.
The next mayor will face a different type of
runaway cost: health - care insurance.
He's eating more food (and more food and more food... he's like a starving
teenage runaway) and nursing less.
It can be pretty much impossible to see most
runaway dogs in the dark.
Any real estate investment is going to offer protection
against runaway inflation, solid long - term returns and diversification of your risks from a stock / bond portfolio.
While I don't
see runaway inflation on the horizon, there are some signs of higher prices ahead.
High oil prices gave the oil industry several bad habits,
including runaway spending, poor planning, and engineering mistakes.
The
youngest runaway is strapped in and the older one can ride on the back when she gets tired or just walk beside the stroller.
And, of course, a new Conservative administration would immediately start to get to grips with
controlling runaway public spending.
Governments at all levels have tools to address
runaway prices and ease conditions for first - time buyers.