run by
verb
variants
or run past
ran by or ran by; run by or run by; running by or running by; runs by or runs by
: to present to (as for evaluation)
ran some ideas by her
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Brookline saw individual wins in the 600-meter run by Harry Flint, the two-mile run by Theodore Butty, and the boys 4×800 relay.
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Hannah Hughes, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
Mark soon came across The Lux Nomads on social media, which is run by two expatriates themselves, Michelle Garabito and Paul Nelson.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The hospice is small and modest, run by a group of French nuns, built in 1827 as a respite for weary pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem.
—Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
An additional challenge is that the Bay Area Brewers Guild, which puts on SF Beer Week, is currently run by a single person, Sayre Piotrkowski, who took over as executive director last summer.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Claridge’s in London now has its own bakery, as does the Berkeley, both run by famous bakers; elite venues in Dubai, Venice, and elsewhere are doing likewise.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
And Texas governors do not have a cabinet in the traditional sense, so agencies such as the Agriculture Department, the Comptroller's Office and the Attorney General's Office are run by people elected by voters and not necessarily by whomever the governor might prefer.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 2026
In Good Cop/Bad Cop, Cook and Leighton Meester play an estranged brother and sister, Henry and Lou, who have to sort through their differences after becoming partners in their small Pacific Northwest police force, which is run by their chief-of-police father Big Hank Hickman (Clancy Brown).
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
The groups’ growth comes as San Diego has lost its more centralized rapid response network, which was run by a coalition of local nonprofits and previously could serve as a hub for some services.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
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Hannah Hughes, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
Mark soon came across The Lux Nomads on social media, which is run by two expatriates themselves, Michelle Garabito and Paul Nelson.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The hospice is small and modest, run by a group of French nuns, built in 1827 as a respite for weary pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem.
—Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
An additional challenge is that the Bay Area Brewers Guild, which puts on SF Beer Week, is currently run by a single person, Sayre Piotrkowski, who took over as executive director last summer.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Claridge’s in London now has its own bakery, as does the Berkeley, both run by famous bakers; elite venues in Dubai, Venice, and elsewhere are doing likewise.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
And Texas governors do not have a cabinet in the traditional sense, so agencies such as the Agriculture Department, the Comptroller's Office and the Attorney General's Office are run by people elected by voters and not necessarily by whomever the governor might prefer.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 2026
In Good Cop/Bad Cop, Cook and Leighton Meester play an estranged brother and sister, Henry and Lou, who have to sort through their differences after becoming partners in their small Pacific Northwest police force, which is run by their chief-of-police father Big Hank Hickman (Clancy Brown).
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
The groups’ growth comes as San Diego has lost its more centralized rapid response network, which was run by a coalition of local nonprofits and previously could serve as a hub for some services.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
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