run after

phrase

Synonyms of run afternext
1
: pursue, chase
especially : to seek the company of
2
: to take up with : follow
run after new theories

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Tempe Tran continued his outstanding tournament with an RBI single in the fourth, and SVLL tacked on three more runs after Isaac Ramirez and Tran both scored on wild pitches. Dennis Pope, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Ling said their championship run after McLeod's death was dedicated to her. Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Anthropic reviewed more than 141,000 cybersecurity evaluation runs after the Hugging Face disclosure and identified three cases in which its own Claude models reached real systems during cyber tests. Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Springsteen hired them for the entire run after Southside came down with a throat infection and had to call off some shows. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run after

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“Run after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20after. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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