run deep
idiom
: to be felt very strongly
Fear runs deep in this small town.
Her love for her family runs deep.
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The architect’s roots in the area run deep—his mother’s side of the family farmed the land from his boyhood—and today, the Taliesin estate functions as something of a crash course for architectural enthusiasts hoping to understand how Frank Lloyd Wright lived and worked.
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2026
Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
But the quarterback group in this year’s draft class lacks starter talent outside of Fernando Mendoza, and the edge rushers run deep.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
In the Deep South, family and community ties run deep.
—Lindsay Baach Friedmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2026
Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
But the quarterback group in this year’s draft class lacks starter talent outside of Fernando Mendoza, and the edge rushers run deep.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
In the Deep South, family and community ties run deep.
—Lindsay Baach Friedmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Run deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20deep. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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