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run over

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verb (2)

as in to practice
to do over and over so as to become skilled let's run over this dance number one more time

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Rake them out and run over them with the lawn mower to chop them up before adding them back to your flower beds. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025 Ricklefs allegedly then turned into a Walmart parking lot and attempted to run over other pedestrians before hitting a store employee. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 Minutes later, an employee at a nearby business was run over in the business parking lot. Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025 The mother then drove her 6-year-old daughter into neighboring Warren, where prosecutors said the woman intentionally ran over 11 people with her Jeep. Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run (over)

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“Run (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20%28over%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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