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Recent Examples of hit-and-run
The company briefly offered rides to the public in 2023 before halting service amid probes into an incident in California where an autonomous Cruise car dragged a woman who had been struck by a hit-and-run driver.
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Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
His family still misses him every day but takes some solace in knowing his heart was used to save another person’s life and that the person allegedly responsible for the hit-and-run crash will be brought to justice.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Dec. 2024
Public safety and crime A hit-and-run crash left one dead, six injured and a vehicle overturned near Chinatown.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Detectives scouring the area recovered surveillance footage of the hit-and-run driver both on the moped and off, without the orange jacket.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
His family still misses him every day but takes some solace in knowing his heart was used to save another person’s life and that the person allegedly responsible for the hit-and-run crash will be brought to justice.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Dec. 2024
Public safety and crime A hit-and-run crash left one dead, six injured and a vehicle overturned near Chinatown.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Detectives scouring the area recovered surveillance footage of the hit-and-run driver both on the moped and off, without the orange jacket.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-and-run
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The company’s rapid growth since its Series A round underlines customer appetite for such solutions.David Prosser, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Aggressively low prices, rapid turnaround times, and unpredictable production schedules can put substantial financial strain on suppliers.Áine Clarke, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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The river was swift and unrelenting, its currents carrying victim after victim downstream.Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Wider international condemnation of the government's response has been swift.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The speediest of its four crossings so far to New York took 17 days, and just 15 days on the return trip to Saint-Malo.Brooke Seipel, Fortune Europe, 4 Dec. 2024
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But in September, Lenox, the public defender, argued that Naresh Bhatt was still entitled to a speedy trial on the count of concealing a dead body.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Whether you are experienced in prompt engineering or a newbie, the precepts are relatively straightforward to get underway with.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Social Security’s trust funds prompt headlines each year when Social Security’s trustees release their annual report on the program’s financial outlook.Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Hit-and-run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-run. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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