run high
idiom
: to be or become very strong or intense
Emotions are running high between the two teams.
Passions often run high in these debates.
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Sawada said emotions have run high at times.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
These urban areas—where housing, transportation and daily living expenses tend to run high—are adjusting wages in an attempt to better reflect the real cost of living workers face.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Laces run high through dense rows of metal eyelets, providing full ankle coverage.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
As anxieties run high throughout the media business, MSNBC‘s Ari Melber sees the positives in the channel’s pending spinoff from Comcast, meaning that NBC News no longer will be a sister organization.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
These urban areas—where housing, transportation and daily living expenses tend to run high—are adjusting wages in an attempt to better reflect the real cost of living workers face.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Laces run high through dense rows of metal eyelets, providing full ankle coverage.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
As anxieties run high throughout the media business, MSNBC‘s Ari Melber sees the positives in the channel’s pending spinoff from Comcast, meaning that NBC News no longer will be a sister organization.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Run high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20high. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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