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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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as in cost
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
Lutnick, now the secretary of commerce, specifically lobbied for a former Uber executive to run the Department of Transportation. Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025 The film is dated for August 6, 2027, and this incarnation will explore the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami, inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the NBC television series that ran from 1984-1089 and influenced the culture from fashion to filmmaking. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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In early June, the Royals promoted him to the 26-man roster to help generate more run production. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025 Yet, the club still nipped the Lakers on 2024-25 revenue, $620 million to $618 million, thanks to the playoff run—the Lakers lost in the first round. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
There’s a particularly tragic moment when Bruggelstein tells the story of his drunken father getting run over by a mower, which the young boy witnessed. Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025 The boy fell to the ground and ultimately was ran over by the vehicle, according to Rogers police. Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
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Alker wasn’t the only player with a first-round birdie run. Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2025 Intel now has two fabs running 18A nodes, which are designed for AI and high-performance computing applications. Kristina Partsinevelos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run
Noun
  • Selling a put under those conditions, with roughly 60 days to expiration, positions the seller to capture elevated option premium while capturing the tendency for prices to revert toward the mean.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • However, the former collegiate volleyball player says her husband, Philadelphia Eagles guard Landon Dickerson, doesn't share her cautionary tendencies.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • Michelle turned back, but the other two children went walking along a trail near what is now I-395 and came across a brook.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The property, which features lush greenery and old-growth trees set among babbling brooks and water features, is open to the public, and the gardens have served as a popular spot for weddings over the decades in addition to an annual Mother’s Day tea that Weston said attracts hundreds each year.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Everyone in Jamaica should be preparing for a major hurricane strike with a long duration of hurricane conditions lasting 2-3+ days Saturday/Sunday into Monday/Tuesday next week.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • For Engelhardt, the problem screen time named was not merely one of duration but one of pace.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Lawmakers from both major political parties have expressed concerns about Trump ordering the military actions without receiving authorization from Congress or providing many details.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Employees represented by United Auto Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant workers will hold a strike authorization vote next week, following the company’s final offer last month.
    Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • After the gentle shove, the cat hops back and instantly looks at Nova, then trots to the opposite side of the bed.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The boy jumps out with his footy and trots away, bouncing it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • When the lines of a CME’s magnetic field and those of the Earth’s magnetic field are pointed in the opposite directions, the CME can unite with the Earth’s magnetosphere and fill it with vast quantities of solar energy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The contract was awarded at a time when the world was racing to field missiles that could change direction while traveling at several times the speed of sound.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • The severity of the flooding in urban and rural areas led to temporary closures and warnings about flash flooding along rivers, creeks and streams, especially in Central Texas sectors from Austin through the ArkLaTex region.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • His land holdings included a tobacco farm, orchards, a swampy area adjoining a creek, and his humble family home.
    James Powel, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro also said that Carranza was innocent and that his boat was displaying a distress signal at the time of the attack, according to CBS News.
    Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The display area matches the size of a human pupil and achieves a resolution beyond 25,000 pixels per inch (ppi), which is about 150 times denser than most smartphone screens.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025

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