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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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Jake Bauers hit a home run and left-hander Robert Gasser gave up one run over five innings, while right-hander Chad Patrick (6-4) went two scoreless innings to pick up the win. ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 Cade Gibson, Calvin Faucher and Tyler Zuber combined to allow one run over three innings before Pete Fairbanks threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his 16th save. Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026 The left-hander allowed one run over five strong innings after entering in the second on Saturday as the bulk pitcher. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 Boults has a 5-foot-9 frame and can run over 21 mph, according to his X profile. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run (over)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run (over)
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  • The popular Dearborn Homecoming Festival is returning to Ford Field Park this weekend, with tens of thousands of people expected to visit and even see musical guest Chance the Rapper.
    Heath Kalb, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • After discovering years’ worth of letters and cards hidden in her dad’s safe and reading the letter Gordon left for her, Annie slips away to Canada to visit Sterling Point and discover exactly who her mom was.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • Several Tulu communities traditionally practiced a system of inheritance called Aliyasantana, a matrilineal system under which inheritance passed through the female line.
    Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But Farmakis, who played football, basketball and baseball for four years at Libertyville, is well-practiced in time management.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
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  • Weekly ticket sales for the musical adaptation of The Lost Boys have been more promising, rising to a peak of $1,486,528, but the vampire show was running in the red for weeks, and its budget ballooned past the initial projections.
    Marc Hershberg, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • If Miller, who won his Republican primary unopposed, reverses course and drops out of the race by Aug, 5, GOP leaders could pick a replacement candidate to run in the November midterms general election.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
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  • When Debbie, Susan, and Thom come over for a double-date pizza night, only Bret is concerned about the spate of recent home invasions, the missing pets, and the desecration of the griffin mascot.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The declaration comes over a month after Sandoval filed a request for a domestic violence restraining order against Victoria on June 25, following her arrest earlier that month.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • Congress is taking its first meaningful step in years toward easing the tax burdens faced by Americans living abroad, with the Senate Finance Committee releasing a draft bill that targets some of the most persistent compliance challenges.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The team nearly netted Houston reliever Bryan Abreu on Friday only for Astros owner Jim Crane to reportedly step in and veto the trade.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • Two of the three organizations had no idea until Anthropic called them.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Unbeknownst to David, the system, called WOPR—War Operations Plan Response—is in control of the American nuclear arsenal.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Run (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20%28over%29. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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