Examples of run for office in a Sentence
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Brown was accused of gathering fake signatures to run for office.
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Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Campbell, 65, ran for office once before, in the 2011 special election for Miami-Dade County mayor.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
This is the first time Singh has run for office, according to Ballotpedia.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Candidates running for office rely on massive numbers of volunteers, Virginia’s now-Governor Spanberger told me.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Campbell, 65, ran for office once before, in the 2011 special election for Miami-Dade County mayor.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
This is the first time Singh has run for office, according to Ballotpedia.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Candidates running for office rely on massive numbers of volunteers, Virginia’s now-Governor Spanberger told me.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Run for office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20for%20office. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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