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past tense of run (over)

ran over

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verb (2)

past tense of run over
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)
Verb
The interview, which ran over an hour long, garnered more than a million views on the Uncensored YouTube channel, and hundreds of millions more impressions across TikTok, Instagram, X and other platforms where clips appeared. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026 Gallardo then drove to the location, ran over the man with his vehicle, and eventually shot the man following an argument. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Tsai said customers' shopping sessions routinely ran over 30 minutes on average, and that time kept compounding as Fanatics released upwards of a thousand new products each week. — Ian Thomas, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 Skattebo found a crease, lowered his helmet and ran over an opposing defender. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Last October, a Waymo ran over and killed KitKat, beloved longtime denizen of Randa’s Market, a liquor store. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Once he was secured in place, his UConn teammates ran over to the end zone to offer support as Brown was carried off. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 One driver, the tree crew told us, ran over the cones while the crew removed the pine. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 An initial cut of the film ran over three hours; a second one came in around 72 minutes. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ran (over)
Verb
  • Ferrando has visited Sacramento each year for the last decade.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But with the desert in bloom, 15,000 tourists have visited over the last few weeks alone.
    — John Bartlett, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The exercise placed the drones within a broader infantry training environment, where Marines practiced making tactical decisions against an opposing force.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Hip-hop music blasted over a portable speaker while half-a-dozen teenagers practiced their best breakdancing moves in Senagal's capital Dakar.
    — Ricci Shryock, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Wheaton North responded with a score, but then Wendell followed up with a 3-yard TD run and Konkey ran in the 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to 30-29.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • As part of the redistricting shuffle, Wasserman Schultz ran in a different congressional district and easily won re-election.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Cocoa prices have dropped in the last year, but relief is coming too late to help prices for this Halloween, said David Branch, sector manager at Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Buhler faced two other counts of unlawful possession of a firearm that were dropped in accordance with the plea deal.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Still, enrollment in Medicaid has dropped by about 5 million, or about 7%, since July 2025, when the bill was signed into law, according to KFF, a health policy research and news organization.
    — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The Strokes dropped by Saturday Night Live last night to perform songs from their latest album Reality Awaits alongside first-time host Druski.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Sophomore Chavez Thompson stepped in and fared well, with no snap or communication issues.
    — Bob Ferrante, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • That’s when Garth’s other guest, her longtime manager Randy James, stepped in to offer some context.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • His efforts paid off, as Camila left her friends and came over to Matthew’s table.
    — Alicia Brunker, InStyle, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Later, another wave of immigrants from mainland China came over.
    — Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But on November 29, 1777, a small group of Spanish settlers moved into the area to establish a civilian agricultural town, called El Pueblo de San Jose, to provide food for the missions and presidios.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Their calculations used a feature of the model called a universal scaling function, which describes how physical quantities with dimensions, such as length, change over cosmic time.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Ran (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ran%20%28over%29. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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