How to Use run-up in a Sentence
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The recent run-up in rental rates looks to be in the rear-view mirror.
—Robert Barone, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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The massive run-up in the shares has made the stock expensive.
—Aya Wagatsuma, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
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Yet that’s still a slowdown from a sharp run-up the past couple of years.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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The theory is the lack of run-up should make kick returns safer.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
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But the real issue is, the reason for the home price run-up is lack of supply.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 2 July 2025
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The exact cause of the latest run-up in Treasury rates is hard to pinpoint.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
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Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle have dealt with nagging injuries in the World Cup run-up.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 July 2023
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In the clip, Travis, 34, is on a golf course getting ready to haul off on a tee shot in run-up Happy fashion.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2024
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This is all part of a run-up to the launch of The Final Shape, which Destiny makes no bones about promoting here.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
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The historic price run-up just ahead of the chocolate industry’s biggest day of the year has been months in the making.
—Maya Huter, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Apple had gained 46% this year through Tuesday’s close, part of a broader run-up in tech stocks.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
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The topsy-turvy response owes in part to a run-up in stock prices that preceded the rate cut, experts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
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There will be no long run-up to the season with hours spent preparing her mind and body to compete for 30-plus games.
—Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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The swift run-up in long-term Treasury yields—to around 5% from 4% in early August—suggests Wall Street now agrees.
—Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
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Some analysts are warning that its run-up has been too speedy.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
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The big run-up in gold still has plenty of headroom left, according to Goldman Sachs.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
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After a busy run-up to NHL trade deadline day, Friday was not so eventful.
—Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
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Many in this age group have had a run-up in their home equity, so have more leverage when buying a home, Lautz said.
—Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
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That’s one of the reasons for this week’s price run-up in silver and silver stocks – now playing catch-up with the yellow metal.
—John Navin, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Meanwhile, investors are still coming to terms with the rapid run-up in rates, which sparked a huge sell-off in US government bonds and stocks last year.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 3 May 2023
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Both had seen run-ups after the conflict between Iran and Israel began.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 23 June 2025
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Despite the Trump win and the massive valuation run-up for comp Palantir.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
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The West, where homes are the most expensive in the country and where some of the biggest price run-ups occured during the past few years, is seeing some of the biggest price declines.
—Anna Bahney, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
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That, along with supply chain troubles, helped fuel the inflation run-up.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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Food eaten at home was just 1.1% pricier last month than the same time last year, compared with the 2.6% average run-up in consumer prices overall.
—Jing Feng, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
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The first is the 40% June to September run-up in jet fuel, a line item that even before the jump accounted for around one-fourth of operating costs.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
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Likewise, a sharp run-up in food and fuel prices tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sharply sped up inflation but has now pulled back.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
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The reason, Hepp said, is partly due to softness in the Austin real estate market, which saw a huge run-up in prices during the pandemic.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
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But some political strategists and economists say the rapid run-up in prices since the pandemic could change that.
—Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
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Amid the capital city’s pandemic-era run-up in housing costs and layoffs in the tech sector, Travis County saw more residents move out last year than in.
—Joshua Fechter, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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And why not run up and down the beach in these bad boys?
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Apr. 2024
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That marked the end of the alewife run up to Highland Lake.
—James Prosek, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2020
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The crowd screamed and ran up to hand the queens dollar bills.
—Casey Parks, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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Harbaugh has run up the score on some teams in the past.
—Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 27 Dec. 2021
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Trump didn’t just run up the score in a number of blue states.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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The 10-year yield has run up rapidly and is due for a breather.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
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The bears can climb trees, swim and run up and downhill up to 40 mph.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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The bears can climb trees, swim, and run up and downhill up to 40 mph.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
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From there, the Lancers put their foot on the petal and continue to run up the score.
—Antonio Chaurand, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
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Once lit, the flame can run up to eight hours on high or up to 16 hours on low.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 9 Apr. 2024
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My man Pretty Chi would run up and down and bring down the news.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 18 July 2022
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The rest of the field of cross country runners started to run up the hill.
—Lori Riley, courant.com, 22 Dec. 2020
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That doesn’t mean the Tigers will solely run up the gut, as Bobo was sure to point out.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 20 Aug. 2021
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The route is set to run up Broadway, through what’s known as the Canyon of Heroes.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Carothers' 48-yard run up the middle set up the second.
—Brett Martel, baltimoresun.com, 19 Sep. 2020
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Black bears are strong swimmers and tree climbers and can run up to 35 mph.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
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Jim also drew on global events, such as the end of the Cold War and the run up to the first Gulf War.
—Kevin Necessary, The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2021
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Ellis scored the opening points of the game with a 9-yard TD run up the middle.
—Ronnie Holman, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
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The thing about racking up mountains of debt is that the ones who run up the tab are rarely the ones who pay the bill.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2020
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But that push is running up against the First Amendment.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
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The $30 million will fund phase one of the hub, expected to run up to 36 months.
—Anthony Hennen | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Aug. 2024
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But these two teams do not just run up and down the floor, jacking up a lot of deep shots.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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But the dog runs up, circling me again, & back to its owner.
—Yusef Komunyakaa, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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Cal ran up 58 in that win over the Mean Green before finding the end zone just once against the Tigers.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
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Close to Me: Jockey likes to run up front; this one won’t be on lead but close to front.
—Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 20 Jan. 2021
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Bridges didn't just run up and down the court in those 44 minutes, either.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
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The mighty beast runs up a ramp barely visible in the night.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 June 2025
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Smith slipped a tackle and then ran up the right sideline in front of the Rams bench to midfield.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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Another agent runs up and sticks his arm through my window and sprays me in the face with OC.
—ABC News, 20 July 2025
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Bitcoin, also helped by a rally in tech stocks, ran up into the close, reaching its first new record since May 22.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 11 July 2025
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