How to Use take a run at in a Sentence

take a run at

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• Could the Broncos take a run at Breece Hall?
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
• No potential competitor could take a run at us without access to the hits.
  — Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
• For years, players have offered bounties to staff members to take a run at eating as many cheesesteaks as possible during a three-game series here.
  — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 14 July 2026
• The idea that this very historic newspaper that’s declined and the ordinary people who work there are going to take a run at restoring it — there is something about it that seems to hit the same emotional tone.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
• In fact, so political has Tafoya gotten in her hometown of Edina, an upscale Twin Cities suburb, that many people were shocked the 61-year-old didn’t take a run at public office earlier.
  — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
• The Yankees have one outfield slot remaining and will likely heavily pursue a reunion with Cody Bellinger in free agency or take a run at Chicago Cubs superstar Kyle Tucker.
  — MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025