: the act of advancing a football by running plays : the use of running plays
also
: yardage gained by running plays
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Jake Rendina had 14 carries for 87 yards, and Carson Smith had 49 yards and a touchdown in a 368-yard rushing day for the Black Knights.
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CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
The Bengals enter Week 17 having allowed a league-high 1,924 rushing yards to running backs this season.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
This season Chubb, 29, silenced most of his critics, and extinguished the doubts that surfaced, which included his own, and labored to re-establish himself as a pass rushing force.
—Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
Jared Goff is throwing with career-best efficiency, and Jahmyr Gibbs has become a full-fledged superstar in the zone rushing scheme.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
The Bengals enter Week 17 having allowed a league-high 1,924 rushing yards to running backs this season.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
This season Chubb, 29, silenced most of his critics, and extinguished the doubts that surfaced, which included his own, and labored to re-establish himself as a pass rushing force.
—Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
Jared Goff is throwing with career-best efficiency, and Jahmyr Gibbs has become a full-fledged superstar in the zone rushing scheme.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rushing
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“Rushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rushing. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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