run to

verb

ran to; run to; running to; runs to

transitive verb

: to mount up to
the book runs to 500 pages

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French President Emanuel Macron delivered a briefing to the candidates running to succeed him so disturbing that even the far-right National Rally’s leaders emerged denouncing Russian hybrid attacks. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Rookie Gary Sanchez hit two more homers and drove in five runs to lead the New York Yankees to an 11-5 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 The stock came into August earnings with serious momentum already built up, having broken out of the post-outage lows near $87 and run to a new high around $225. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026 Both Newsom and the men running to replace him — Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton — have argued the tax is bad fiscal policy. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run to

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“Run to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20to. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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