Synonyms for running back
run·ning back

Princeton's WordNet

1. running backnoun

   (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage

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1. Gonzalez Vidal:

   The Nicaraguan military was on the border. Then, all of a sudden, it started raining and the Cubans, who had crossed into Nicaragua, started running back, they yelled that the military had shot at them with rubber bullets and tear gas.

2. Andy Stefanelli:

   Dorian was one heck of a running back in high school, with Kendall you just kind of knew his sense for the game and just how he practiced and worked out. Everything he did was just first-rate.

3. Van Gundy:

   Running back on defense has nothing to do with youth and inexperience. Getting down and competing defensively has nothing to do with youth and inexperience. Blocking people out, nothing to do with youth and inexperience. Getting beaten on a cut, nothing to do with youth and inexperience, i don't think, tonight, our lack of experience had anything to do with the result. Nothing.

4. Travis McMichael:

   He was like a running back ready to bolt or move any way he wanted but he's focused on me, i'm pretty sure he's going to attack.

5. Shannon Burns:

   This is like him playing for the Buckeyes again, getting down to the two-minute warning, running into the locker room, getting a Michigan jersey and running back out, it's not that you turned your back or you did something that we didn't like. You did the unthinkable.