school run

noun

British
: a regular trip in which parents take their children to or from school each day

Examples of school run in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Research shows women in China are primarily responsible for household tasks such as cooking, cleaning and shopping – as well as child care, including the school run, help with homework and tutoring. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024 Like on the school run, or to battle colossal sea monsters that have emerged from a portal at the bottom of the ocean. Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2023 The men and older boys sleep outside in the courtyard of what was formerly a school run by UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023 The interior ministry in Gaza said that another strike Thursday morning in the same neighborhood hit a school run by UNRWA, the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, and that several people were injured. Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2023 The Gazan interior ministry said that another strike on Thursday morning in the same neighborhood hit a school run by UNRWA, the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, and that several people were injured. Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023 Wharfe served as personal protection officer for Princess Diana and her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, from 1988 to 1993, during the years Diana was photographed in the jacket on the school run. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023 Each class was a working environment with school run restaurants, bakeries and catering businesses serving the paying public. Juliana Hale, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2023 Brother Rice is a small all-boys independent Catholic school run by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in Bloomfield Township. Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023

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“School run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20run. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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