as in visited
to make a brief visit
I could run over right now if that's good for you
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as in practiced
to do over and over so as to become skilled
let's run over this dance number one more time
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Recent Examples of ran (over)
Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
This press conference was very similar to October, when Jets owner Woody Johnson not only publicly threw Justin Fields under the bus following a 0-7 start, but also put the bus in reverse and ran over Fields again and again.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
In a news release, officers said that a white cargo van traveling east on Ventura Boulevard ran over the foot of a man who was sitting in the road.
—CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors said Lewis ran over Reynolds in the parking lot while moving his car between gas pumps.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
In between those latter two home runs, Isiah Kiner-Falefa was thrown out at home by an inch; Andy Pages, a defensive substitution, quite literally ran over Hernandez to make a catch and save the season; and even the Dodgers squandered their own opportunity in the 10th.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Within 35 minutes, the driver ran over five people, according to the French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
This one had ran over to me to seek refuge from his siblings.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
While driving back home from their girlfriend’s, a Reddit user almost ran over something on a two-lane road.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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At that time, officials from the San Jose Police Department described the injury to the sergeant and how officers subsequently shot, then ran over Husien to end his rampage.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
This press conference was very similar to October, when Jets owner Woody Johnson not only publicly threw Justin Fields under the bus following a 0-7 start, but also put the bus in reverse and ran over Fields again and again.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
In a news release, officers said that a white cargo van traveling east on Ventura Boulevard ran over the foot of a man who was sitting in the road.
—CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors said Lewis ran over Reynolds in the parking lot while moving his car between gas pumps.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
In between those latter two home runs, Isiah Kiner-Falefa was thrown out at home by an inch; Andy Pages, a defensive substitution, quite literally ran over Hernandez to make a catch and save the season; and even the Dodgers squandered their own opportunity in the 10th.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Within 35 minutes, the driver ran over five people, according to the French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
This one had ran over to me to seek refuge from his siblings.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
While driving back home from their girlfriend’s, a Reddit user almost ran over something on a two-lane road.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Ran (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ran%20%28over%29. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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