ran through

verb

past tense of run through
1
as in stabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife

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2
as in spent
to use up carelessly how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?

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Recent Examples of ran through My brother could see Tommy’s truck, so my brother and one of his friends ran through the woods to him. — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 Jil Sander‘s creative director Simone Bellotti has delivered one of the more enigmatic campaigns for fall — shot outdoors like so many this season, but also referring to interiors, a theme that ran through his fall collection. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 Many of these villages sat dozens of metres above the banks of the Trishuli River, which ran through Poudel’s native Nuwakot District. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 Cameramen raced around hectically setting up lights and checking shots as choreographers ran through fight sequences and a prop team worked out how to hoist a net that would later restrain a hostage. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Webber’s original show premiered on Broadway back in 1982 and ran through 2000, winning seven Tony awards. — Matt Minton, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026 In the past, the Latino Fest’s parade ran through 8th Street, but the road is currently a mess of construction. — Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026 Designed to improve on the image quality of 35mm, Technirama film ran through the camera horizontally in the same manner as VistaVision and, later, IMAX. — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 After practice, all of the Cowboys players ran through a handshake line with the military personnel on the field, including Prescott. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ran through
  1. stabbed
  2. spent
  3. punctured
  4. lost
  5. pierced
  6. threw away
  7. picked
  8. stuck
Verb
  • The victim had been stabbed and had her throat cut, police said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Doctor stabbed to death, wife critically injured after man allegedly attacks them in bed.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of stabbed
Verb
  • Benedict said the process would ideally take a couple of years, with much of the development time spent on design work and virtual simulations before the physical construction began.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The actual amount spent could be significantly more, depending on whether networks classified the ads as political.
    — LISA MASCARO, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • That notion reached its pinnacle after the Chiefs beat the Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship Game but was punctured by their 40-22 clobbering at the hands of the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • As anxiety punctured the tranquility of the suburb, questions bubbled up on everything from the community’s water and pesticide use to abandoned oil wells underneath.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of punctured
Verb
  • Those challenges become tomorrow’s workforce shortages, rising health care costs, and lost economic potential.
    — Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
  • However, the work, done with Tanzanian government partners, helps track threatened species and monitor human activity that endangers the region’s wildlife, making the few cameras lost in the process all the more worth it.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of lost
Verb
  • Pour the bean mixture into airtight freezer bags pierced the tip of a knife to create air holes.
    — Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
  • One item that wasn’t returned was his 3-year-old daughter’s car seat, which had been pierced by a bullet.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of pierced
Verb
  • The affidavit against the suspects alleges the teens threw away Erving’s phone and clothing, ABC News and CBS News reported.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda threw away his shot to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Definition of threw away
Verb
  • The prime minister and chief of staff had picked the general to coordinate the military mission of flipping Hungary to the Allied side.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Seurer was picked by the Seahawks in the third round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft, but initially passed on playing in the NFL and was in the upstart USFL with the Los Angeles Express.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • But as a viewer, at least, watching American Horror Story feels more than ever like being stuck in some sort of hell.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
  • If you have ever been stuck in traffic wishing your car could sprout wings, Samson Sky has been working on something pretty close.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of stuck

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“Ran through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ran%20through. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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