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run over

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verb (2)

as in to practice
to do over and over so as to become skilled let's run over this dance number one more time

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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 His cup ran over with self-belief. Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026 Graycode, Jiiiiin—two electro-acoustic composers—transposed the soundtrack of the 12Cilindri’s engine into a visual pattern that runs over the hood. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2026 Mizzou answered with its own 10-0 run over the next three minutes to tie the score at 20. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run (over)

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“Run (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20%28over%29. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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