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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
Noun
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That court loss led to a sweep of new bitcoin ETFs, which ultimately proved to be the most successful category launch in the history of such instruments.—
Brady Dale,
Axios,
20 Jan. 2025
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Takeaways Flames: Completed a series sweep of the Hawks with a dominant performance.—
Jay Cohen,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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Thermal runaway causes a chain reaction that dramatically raises the battery's temperature, quickly escalating the fire to uncontrollable levels.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The investigation of the defendant began in October 2021 when a detective contacted an Orange County investigator about a 17-year-old runaway, Deputy District Attorney Taylor Krone said in his opening statement of the trial.—
City News Service,
Orange County Register,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The coastal city of Rancho Palos Verdes suffered sudden movement from a decades-old complex of slow-moving landslides last fall, twisting roads and putting multimillion-dollar homes on the brink of destruction.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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About 40 miles south, Marianne Hunter dreads the rain because of an another ongoing disaster: the landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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After that early Heat surge, the Bucks promptly unleashed a 39-16 rampage and Miami never really recovered, ending on the wrong side of a blowout loss for the second time in a week, dropping below .500 (at 21-22) and finishing the night ninth in the East.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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With the Heat featured on TNT on Thursday night (albeit somewhat briefly, until their blowout loss to the Milwaukee Bucks was shifted to truTV), Barkley took advantage of the opportunity to again inject himself into the drama between Butler and Heat President Pat Riley.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Texans had a walkover win over a flawed Chargers team that wasn’t ready to play playoff football.—
Hank Gola,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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The La Tène period lasted from around the 5th century B.C. to the Roman conquest in the 1st century B.C.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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It was likely built around 1300 directly south of the first building and may have been downgraded after the conquest to serve as a kitchen or another purpose for the manor house.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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One of the most exciting innovations in carbon removal is direct air capture (DAC), or the process of using machines to extract carbon directly from the atmosphere.—
Swish Goswami,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Abbott is offering a $5,000 bounty for intelligence that leads to the capture of members of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Davis made it to the playoffs just twice during his time as a Pelican (with one series victory), but the talent around him was limited most of those seasons.—
William Guillory,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Portland Trail Blazers outscore the Rockets 17-0 for a 113-96 victory. 1988 — Mike Tyson knocks out Larry Holmes in the fourth round at Atlantic City to retain his world heavyweight title. 1989 — After winning his third Super Bowl as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Bill Walsh retires.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Walkaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkaway. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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