at a run

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: at a fast speed : running
The dog was coming toward us at a run.

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On early mornings, Voros would spot a solitary wolf miles away, crossing the pasture at a run. Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026 Jackson grabs my luggage cart and starts pushing at a run. Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026 The 40-year-old will play the album in full at a run of dates in March 2026, kicking off at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on March. Thomas Smith, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025 In 2026, Riggs will be looking at a run for the title. Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 Salvador Perez would fly out to end the inning and keep the deficit at a run. Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025 The program operates at a run rate of about $100 million per year, but as of mid July, the Empire State Development Fund, which runs the program, said about $365 million of the $400 million program funding total had already been allocated. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025 Renoir made the movie—his twenty-second, and his thirteenth talkie—independently, with his own production company, and it was released on July 8, 1939, at a run time of ninety-eight minutes. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025 Better get your bodies acclimated and hydrated because South Florida is looking at a run of highs in the low-90s Friday through the coming week. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025

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