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: being or relating to a hit-and-run in baseball
2
: being or involving a motor-vehicle driver who does not stop after being involved in an accident
3
: involving or intended for quick specific action or results
a hit-and-run raid
: a baseball play calling for a runner on first to begin running as a pitch is delivered and for the batter to attempt to hit the pitch
hit-and-ran; hitting-and-running; hit-and-runs
: to execute a hit-and-run play in baseball
Examples of hit-and-run in a Sentence
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 May 2024
The office on Wednesday charged Heflin with 10 counts of assault upon a peace officer, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly and one count of hit-and-run driving resulting in property damage.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Around the same time police were investigating the hit-and-run, the report shows a 14-year-old girl was sitting on a bench near the stadium just about a 10-minute walk from the crash site, in the area of Northwest 14th Avenue and Seventh Street.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian in west Fort Worth early Wednesday.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
Kansas City police are asking for the public’s help in finding a truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash with a motorcycle Tuesday evening.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
The victims in the fatal hit-and-run crash ranged in age from age 2 to 61, according to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, which responded to the tragic weekend wreck along with more than a dozen other agencies across greater Lansing.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
The charges follow Stewart's May 1 jury conviction on three counts of hit-and-run involving death; three counts of operating while revoked, causing death; and one count of disorderly conduct while using a dangerous weapon.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2024
Cruise was fielding inquiries from the press and was solely focused on trying to correct the record to reflect that the pedestrian had initially been struck by a separate vehicle in a hit-and-run—not by Panini.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 May 2024
Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Although it was initially dubbed a hit-and-run, the evidence never sat well with state investigators or the Smith family.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
His 2015 death was initially deemed a hit-and-run, but Sandy Smith never believed that was the case.
—Christina Maxouris, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
An 11-year-old girl was killed early Wednesday in a wrong-way crash involving a hit-and-run driver on the 60 Freeway near the City of Industry, according to authorities.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
Smith’s mother, Sandy, has long been the most vocal critic of the hit-and-run finding.
—John Monk, al, 22 Mar. 2023
Smith was found dead on a Hampton County road in July 2015, his death initially ruled the result of blunt force trauma from a hit-and-run accident.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
Smith's death was initially ruled a hit-and-run, but after the exhumation, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said there were no indications that is how his death could have occurred.
—Conrad Hoyt, Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2023
His death was ruled a hit-and-run after an initial investigation, which his family has criticized.
—Michael M. Dewitt, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
Adjective
Although ski accidents are common, Vermont personal injury attorney Roger Kohn of snow sport specific firm Kohn Raft said hit-and-run incidents are not.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 May 2024
The office on Wednesday charged Heflin with 10 counts of assault upon a peace officer, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly and one count of hit-and-run driving resulting in property damage.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Around the same time police were investigating the hit-and-run, the report shows a 14-year-old girl was sitting on a bench near the stadium just about a 10-minute walk from the crash site, in the area of Northwest 14th Avenue and Seventh Street.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian in west Fort Worth early Wednesday.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
Kansas City police are asking for the public’s help in finding a truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash with a motorcycle Tuesday evening.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
The victims in the fatal hit-and-run crash ranged in age from age 2 to 61, according to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, which responded to the tragic weekend wreck along with more than a dozen other agencies across greater Lansing.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
The charges follow Stewart's May 1 jury conviction on three counts of hit-and-run involving death; three counts of operating while revoked, causing death; and one count of disorderly conduct while using a dangerous weapon.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2024
Cruise was fielding inquiries from the press and was solely focused on trying to correct the record to reflect that the pedestrian had initially been struck by a separate vehicle in a hit-and-run—not by Panini.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 May 2024
Verb
Daniels also pleaded guilty to destruction of property, hit-and-run and reckless driving charges connected to the March 22, 2021, crash at the Verizon store in the Potomac Yard neighborhood.
—Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Although it was initially dubbed a hit-and-run, the evidence never sat well with state investigators or the Smith family.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
His 2015 death was initially deemed a hit-and-run, but Sandy Smith never believed that was the case.
—Christina Maxouris, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
An 11-year-old girl was killed early Wednesday in a wrong-way crash involving a hit-and-run driver on the 60 Freeway near the City of Industry, according to authorities.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
Smith’s mother, Sandy, has long been the most vocal critic of the hit-and-run finding.
—John Monk, al, 22 Mar. 2023
Smith was found dead on a Hampton County road in July 2015, his death initially ruled the result of blunt force trauma from a hit-and-run accident.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
Smith's death was initially ruled a hit-and-run, but after the exhumation, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said there were no indications that is how his death could have occurred.
—Conrad Hoyt, Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2023
His death was ruled a hit-and-run after an initial investigation, which his family has criticized.
—Michael M. Dewitt, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
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