Examples of milk run in a Sentence
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Even the mere mention of snow in Charlotte always gets us ready for sledding, hot chocolate, and plenty of French toast (thanks to that mandatory bread and milk run).
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Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2026
Across the Mediterranean and Caribbean, milk runs will always the driving force of summer and winter charters.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
The special formula is made at the behest of neonatologists who know that once a mother’s milk runs dry, only this special formula and that of Reckitt Benckiser works.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
Moreover, people who contract bird flu from raw milk run the risk of transmitting it to other people or animals by giving the virus a chance to adapt and improve its ability to spread between people.
—Juan Silva, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2024
Ships carried a few hundred passengers and followed a standard route, known as the milk run.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020
Manhart and his buddies hunt a milk run of public spots that border private crop fields.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 23 Sep. 2020
It’s becoming more and more rare that brands are stuck with milk run reps that don’t want modern, digital tools.
—Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2020
Drop-size is the number of parcels per stop on the milk run.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2016
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Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2026
Across the Mediterranean and Caribbean, milk runs will always the driving force of summer and winter charters.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
The special formula is made at the behest of neonatologists who know that once a mother’s milk runs dry, only this special formula and that of Reckitt Benckiser works.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
Moreover, people who contract bird flu from raw milk run the risk of transmitting it to other people or animals by giving the virus a chance to adapt and improve its ability to spread between people.
—Juan Silva, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2024
Ships carried a few hundred passengers and followed a standard route, known as the milk run.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020
Manhart and his buddies hunt a milk run of public spots that border private crop fields.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 23 Sep. 2020
It’s becoming more and more rare that brands are stuck with milk run reps that don’t want modern, digital tools.
—Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2020
Drop-size is the number of parcels per stop on the milk run.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2016
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“Milk run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20run. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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