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Recent Examples of hit-and-run
Davis was found guilty on several counts related to a hit-and-run crash on November 5, 2020, that injured four people, including a pregnant woman.
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Mandy Taheri
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Police identify suspect Police reviewed surveillance footage of the incident, which allegedly corroborated witness accounts of the hit-and-run.
—Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
Livonia police were called about a hit-and-run around 10:45 p.m. June 29, according to a news release from the police department.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
An unlicensed Connecticut teenager has been arrested and charged with negligent homicide for a hit-and-run crash with a moped that killed a 25-year-old man, police announced Monday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
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Mandy Taheri
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Police identify suspect Police reviewed surveillance footage of the incident, which allegedly corroborated witness accounts of the hit-and-run.
—Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
Livonia police were called about a hit-and-run around 10:45 p.m. June 29, according to a news release from the police department.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
An unlicensed Connecticut teenager has been arrested and charged with negligent homicide for a hit-and-run crash with a moped that killed a 25-year-old man, police announced Monday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-and-run
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But without affordable renewables (or rapid breakthroughs in nuclear fusion) the electricity to feed all those AI data centers may not arrive in time.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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With the end of military restrictions on building came rapid expansion into working-class districts.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
1 July 2025
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The decision was met by swift condemnation and a legal challenge from San Francisco International Airport officials and its legal team which argued the new name would confuse travelers and was a copyright infringement.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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The internet, never one to wait for context, responded with swift certainty, and social feeds lit up with familiar refrains: Hill was late again.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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This could be helpful for homes with kids with varied interests or in my home, where a speedy, 55-inch TV in the living room is the best screen available by far.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2025
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Most travelers hope for speedy security lines and simple layouts at airport — but some of America's travel hubs apparently soar above the rest.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2025
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Meanwhile, entirely new roles emerge monthly, such as prompt engineers, AI ethicists, and virtual reality architects.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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This will likely intensify existing river flooding as well as prompt flash flooding in portions of Oklahoma and northern Texas.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Hit-and-run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-run. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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