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Recent Examples of walkaway
Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign’s final days, an ongoing freefall that’s turning what looked like a walkaway for the former president into what’s most likely a Kamala Harris victory.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
Industry representatives have said there should be a distinction between walkaway deaths at those different types of facilities, but the Post investigation found that state investigators issue violations for failures in both types of settings after fatal wandering deaths.
—Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
The Post’s count of walkaway deaths included three at Brookdale facilities and one at a Sunrise facility.
—Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
Training all staff to recognize the signs of dementia and to interact appropriately with people suffering from memory loss could help prevent walkaways.
—Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
The first walkaway, in the summer of 1999, was with Ukrainian forward Dmitri Khristich, 30, who promptly signed with the Maple Leafs.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
Because walkaways would have created a political backlash, Merck says, the government chose a different route.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
Use the garden feature to shade an alfresco dining table, establish a cozy conversation nook or protect a walkaway.
—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
But the mention of a walkaway date does raise some questions about the situation.
—Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
Industry representatives have said there should be a distinction between walkaway deaths at those different types of facilities, but the Post investigation found that state investigators issue violations for failures in both types of settings after fatal wandering deaths.
—Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
The Post’s count of walkaway deaths included three at Brookdale facilities and one at a Sunrise facility.
—Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
Training all staff to recognize the signs of dementia and to interact appropriately with people suffering from memory loss could help prevent walkaways.
—Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
The first walkaway, in the summer of 1999, was with Ukrainian forward Dmitri Khristich, 30, who promptly signed with the Maple Leafs.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
Because walkaways would have created a political backlash, Merck says, the government chose a different route.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
Use the garden feature to shade an alfresco dining table, establish a cozy conversation nook or protect a walkaway.
—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
But the mention of a walkaway date does raise some questions about the situation.
—Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkaway
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After all, the Massachusetts team just won the Eastern Conference of the NBA with a four-game sweep of the Indiana Pacers, and will be in the finals beginning next week and win it all.Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
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After earning their first win in Denver since 2018 this season in October, the Chargers will play for their first season sweep of their AFC West rivals since 2010 on Thursday at 5:15 PST at SoFi Stadium.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Archetypes range from runaways to doctors and there’s even an opportunity fr a player to play a robot drove being piloted by someone through their neurocaster.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Hundreds of other law enforcement agencies in and around Indiana have utilized drones for public safety as well, finding missing runaways, the bodies of the deceased and suspects fleeing from the law.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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While Republicans didn’t win in a realignment-like electoral landslide, Mr. Trump’s conservative populism won the policy debate decisively enough.Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Living under the shadow of Succession for its first two seasons, HBO’s hot business-drama delivered a landslide season three.Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
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However, few spectators could have expected the blowout loss that the Saints would experience.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Texas-Clemson game (a 38-24 win for Texas) brought in 8.6 million viewers in the late afternoon, and Penn State’s 38-10 blowout of SMU averaged 6.4 million in the noon ET spot.Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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Subsequent slides featured the actor working out, goofing off a bit on set, doing an impressive front walkover — and a hilarious image of Grande's dress getting caught in the groin of his pants!Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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The old Dragon Quest games weren’t exactly a walkover and were often quite technical, even with their limited options available.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Of course, by the end of the 1930s, the Nazi conquest of Europe had driven a dramatic swing in U.S. public opinion away from Borah’s isolationist daydream.Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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Dating work on the pottery nuclei revealed that most of them probably also date to the Hellenistic period, or the later Roman to Byzantine periods, which spanned from 63 B.C. until the early Islamic conquests of the 7th century A.D.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Halide Halide offers plenty of options from its capture screen.David Nield, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
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By placing each state’s votes in a separate silo, the Framers of the Constitution wisely limited the vote-counting power of any local faction or machine to the capture of one set of electors.The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
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Daniels will need to play like this to deliver the franchise’s first playoff victory in 19 years.Jeff Howe and Austin Mock, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Miami resident wasn't at the Capitol when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building and interrupted the congressional count of the electoral votes finalizing Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory.CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Walkaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkaway. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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