RUNNING OUT Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

running out

verb

present participle of run out

as in casting out

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Imagine a congressional coalition formed by kicking out the lawmakers, on either side, who are annoying—the Ted Cruzes and the John Fettermans.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
On a recent morning in the city center, Spanish police were kicking out young boys who had slept overnight on cardboard slabs, some of them bruised and bandaged.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of kicking out

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Florida’s law banning minors under 14 from getting their own social media accounts is likely constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, throwing out a lower court’s preliminary injunction against the law.

— Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Supermarket owners described throwing out nearly a dumpster’s worth of frozen food.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

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Some voting laws have changed in Ohio since 2022, including the state eliminating its grace period for receiving mail ballots, a change that forces voters to return those ballots earlier.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Future vehicles will also be able to check their electrical connections during assembly, potentially eliminating a final electrical validation step.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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The protests crossed the line into excluding students from libraries and classes, intimidating people from going to school.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
New London Flagship Exceeds Expectations Europe excluding France was one of the company’s strongest-performing regions, with sales in southern countries including Italy, Spain, Turkey, Portugal and Greece driving growth.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

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