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as in to lead
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the road runs along the river for a while

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as in to vary
to occur within a continuous range of variation the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month

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as in to tend
to show a liking or proneness (for something) unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness

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as in to drive
to urge, push, or force onward they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly

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as in to operate
to control the mechanical operation of I know how to run that machine

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as in to become
to eventually have as a state or quality the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children

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as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state her makeup started to run when she got in the pool

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as in to cost
to have a price of that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars

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run

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noun

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as in tendency
a prevailing or general movement or inclination the company's stock has remained consistent with the overall run of the market

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as in duration
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress the actor has been assigned the part for the run of the show

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as in trots
runs plural abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools with weekend guests in the house, it was no time to get the runs

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run (over)

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verb (2)

run over

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verb (3)

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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ran

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verb (4)

variants also chiefly dialectal run
past tense of run
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as in went
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the road runs along the river for a while

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as in ranged
to occur within a continuous range of variation the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month

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as in tended
to show a liking or proneness (for something) unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness

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as in drove
to urge, push, or force onward they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly

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as in turned
to eventually have as a state or quality the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children

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to have a price of that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of run
Verb
Trump has set a July 9 deadline for imposing reciprocal tariffs, but trade talks have run into obstacles including discussions over duties on farm goods, steel and car parts. Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025 Those who run won’t be schlepping all the political baggage that Newsom has to tote. Such as? Rampant homelessness. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
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Max Muncy, 22, had two hits with a run scored and driven in. Sacbee.com, 5 July 2025 After a 13-game run with the Falcons, Mariota joined the Philadelphia Eagles for a season. Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
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The pitching staff, once the best in the league, has given up 51 runs over the last seven games. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025 This resulted in The Pickwick Papers, which ran over twenty months and was published in book form in 1837. Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
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The Black Knights run the highest percentage of run concepts using outside zone and man. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Founder Margiela retired in 2009, and the label was run by an anonymous team (one that for a time included Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy) until Galliano’s appointment. Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for run
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run
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  • The bill ultimately continues a generations-long Republican tendency to transfer wealth upward while abandoning working Americans. Davis: The wealth transfer Trump seeks is from government to taxpayers.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • Traits shape your willingness to try new things, your perception of effort, and your comfort level in different environments—making exercise a natural outlet for expressing these tendencies, said Matthew Sacco, PhD, a sports medicine psychologist at Cleveland Clinic.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 9 July 2025
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  • Both Bazzano and Wells, however, hit the jackpot that afternoon, fishing a variety of water from the big lake to a small brook.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
  • The vast and varied network of the Camino de Santiago has been compared to a river system where small brooks join together to make streams, and those streams come together to make rivers that ‘flow’ to the cathedral.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
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  • Each canine’s sniffing behavior is tracked by sensors and algorithms that quantify subtle physiological cues, such as sniff duration, hesitation or posture.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • So far, the rally has been nearly uninterrupted, allowing MSFT to sustain short-term overbought conditions for an unusually long duration, but a new counter-trend signal from the DeMARK Indicators (denoted by the '13') suggests a short-term downturn may be imminent.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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  • Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been more reserved, declining to commit to measures requiring Trump to seek congressional authorization first.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
  • That was after Trevor’s mom had jumped through hoops to fill out the forms, seek a special exemption and get proper authorization from the insurer, just as Anthem representatives had told her.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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  • Moreover, some leadership teams today have heightened security concerns, in addition to the challenge of acting as the face and key driver of an organization’s strategic direction.
    Michele Dobnikar, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Art direction is led by Pawas Sawatchaiyamet (Monkey Man) and visual effects is headed by Lee Stringer (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, Star Wars: Clone Wars).
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 1 July 2025
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  • While traversing steep mountain trails and navigating undulating bent grass greens at Cliffhangers, golfers will drive carts through cascading waterfalls, cross swift flowing creeks, and wind through a cave system.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • It is situated along a creek just off California State Route 2 in Angeles National Forest.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
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  • The move also paves the way for rookie Marcelo Mayer to remain in the majors and assume the bulk of the playing time at second base.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 July 2025
  • This past season, Thrun, a Harvard alum, appeared in 60 games, had 12 points, and averaged 17:31 of ice time.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
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  • In that case, which stemmed from President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court limited the use of universal injunctions in cases with individuals as plaintiffs, but gave lower courts more latitude in cases brought by states.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 July 2025
  • The times and dates given apply to mid-northern latitudes.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

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