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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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Recent Examples of run (over)
Verb
Iglesias has not allowed a run over 11 2/3 innings this season. CBS News, 13 May 2026 LaMelo Ball must sit down for a legal interview about the day he is accused of running over a child’s foot outside the Spectrum Center, a judge ordered a month before the star Charlotte Hornets player is expected to go to trial in the civil case. Julia Coin may 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026 Iglesias has not allowed a run over 11 2/3 innings this season. ABC News, 12 May 2026 Police believe that during their date, the pair argued, leading to Taft being run over with his car, ABC 15 Arizona reported, citing court documents. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for run (over)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run (over)
Verb
  • These days, many of those visiting the mall are not shopping at all.
    Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • In one scene in the novel, a black ram named Othello, who lives in misery in a carnival, forced to fight dogs, is visited in his pen by a strange ram bearing advice.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
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  • Many guests are juggling packed itineraries—pyramid visits, museum stops, Nile cruise transfers—and the staff are well practiced at coordinating drivers, guides, and early departures.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
  • Over the last year, the Taiwanese Navy has been practicing the rapid deployment of cheap and domestically produced smart mines for the sea — a potential bulwark against enemy blockades of ports and hostile invasion forces.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Snell loaded the bases three batters into the game and gave up a run in the first inning.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
  • Koss hadn’t allowed a run in his first five appearances but surrendered three in the top of the ninth.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • And there’s Kulak, who came over from Pittsburgh in the Sam Girard swap, now only the third guy in NHL annals to play with MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • The flight home seemed routine — until a surprise announcement came over the intercom.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • My uncle, also an accountant, stepped in to help with the workload, but my mother learned quickly.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026
  • On Monday, May 4, Ceretti graced the Metropolitan Museum of Art steps in an ab-baring black gown by Carolina Herrera alongside the fashion house's creative director, Wes Gordon.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Officials initially called a common foul but moved to a video review as the Minnesota crowd grew restless.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • In some quarters, the closure of Spirit has been called inevitable, and even desirable.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 11 May 2026

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“Run (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20%28over%29. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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