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 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 While Moore and her friend ran through some ideas, her son picked up a camera, began taking pictures, and directed them to strike certain poses. —

Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2026 On Friday, the CNBC Investing Club held its February Monthly Meeting, where Jim Cramer and Director of Portfolio Analysis ran through each stock in the portfolio. —

Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026 Part of his game-ready preparation is keeping his 37-year-old body in peak condition, so Friday when John Collins suffered a head injury, Kawhi Leonard left the game because of stiffness in his left ankle and Bennedict Mathurin fouled out, the plays ran through him. —

Janis Carr, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026

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Arriving officers found an unresponsive man who had significant injuries consistent with being stabbed, Becchina said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
What followed, Lane claimed, was a four-hour altercation in which Wilson choked and stabbed him multiple times in the chest and hand, before throwing him through a pair of sliding glass doors.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026