RAN THROUGH Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

ran through

verb

past tense of run through

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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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 Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi first met at WrestleMania 42, where Femi ran through Lesnar in dominant fashion. —

Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Katherine Rosales watched as her daughter ran through the fields at Bonneville Elementary School one last time. —

Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026 Small perforations dotted the front of the toe box, while a thin black stripe ran through the aged off-white midsole. —

Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 May 2026 The initial round of talks ran through March 15, before SAG-AFTRA gave way to the WGA, which has an earlier deadline. —

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 May 2026 Its final show was a two-venue collaboration with Parker Gallery for the late California artist Wally Hedrick, which ran through April 4. —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 But the arc — first raising expectations for a big reveal, then declaring there was nothing to see, and ultimately a forced, flawed document dump — was a stubbornly problematic storyline that ran through her time as attorney general. —

ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026 Few teams have showcased gutsier wins than Hanover to reach this final, needing heroic efforts from a crew of players fighting off an illness bug that ran through the locker room at the worst time. —

Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026 Afterward, Adam ran through individual fielding drills with runners on base. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026

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The affidavit alleges that after Austin touched Anthony and attempted to physically move him, Anthony pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the chest.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Some of those include defendants facing serious charges, like Javonte Robinson, who in November allegedly stabbed a man to death in Boston after his charges for possession of a dangerous weapon were dismissed under the protocol in October.

— Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026