run across
verb
ran across; run across; running across; runs across
: to meet with or discover by chance
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The 2-2 draw halted San Diego’s five-match losing streak in MLS play, but stretched its winless run across all competitions to nine matches.
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
The centerpiece is what McDermott revealed in 2025 as the AI Control Tower—a unified governance layer that gives companies real-time visibility into every AI agent, model, and workflow running across their enterprise.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
However, Garland Police said that suspect then ran across Dairy Road to another convenience store's parking lot and saw a white Chevrolet Impala, which had an adult male driver inside along with two women and several children.
—Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 4 May 2026
The war games exercise started in April and runs across four countries, including Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal.
—ABC News, 3 May 2026
The 2022 Netflix adaptation of the same novel used the Crescent as Camden Place — meaning two very different generations of Austen viewers have watched their heroines run across the exact same stretch of sidewalk.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Last season, Severino allowed just one run across 7 ⅔ innings — which resulted in an Athletics win at Kauffman Stadium.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Ballenger quickly recorded the moment the moose ran across the vacant lot outside her window, which, coincidentally, is part of a property her father, Travis Ballenger, a local real estate broker, is selling.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
The crawl ran across both festival weekends, April 10–12 and April 17–19th, encouraging attendees to take on the heat challenge and share their reactions using #buldakcrawlsweepstakes for a chance to win prizes.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
The centerpiece is what McDermott revealed in 2025 as the AI Control Tower—a unified governance layer that gives companies real-time visibility into every AI agent, model, and workflow running across their enterprise.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
However, Garland Police said that suspect then ran across Dairy Road to another convenience store's parking lot and saw a white Chevrolet Impala, which had an adult male driver inside along with two women and several children.
—Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 4 May 2026
The war games exercise started in April and runs across four countries, including Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal.
—ABC News, 3 May 2026
The 2022 Netflix adaptation of the same novel used the Crescent as Camden Place — meaning two very different generations of Austen viewers have watched their heroines run across the exact same stretch of sidewalk.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Last season, Severino allowed just one run across 7 ⅔ innings — which resulted in an Athletics win at Kauffman Stadium.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Ballenger quickly recorded the moment the moose ran across the vacant lot outside her window, which, coincidentally, is part of a property her father, Travis Ballenger, a local real estate broker, is selling.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
The crawl ran across both festival weekends, April 10–12 and April 17–19th, encouraging attendees to take on the heat challenge and share their reactions using #buldakcrawlsweepstakes for a chance to win prizes.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Run across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20across. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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