1
as in to puncture
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife
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2
as in to spend
to use up carelessly
how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?
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as in summary
a short statement of the main points
could you give me a quick run-through of what the referendum question is all about?
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Recent Examples of run through
Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Wheatland Road will run through the development, separating an area that will mostly be residential homes from a mostly commercial area.
—Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
The group rehearsed for several minutes before dancers joined for a final run-through and filming.
—Haley Kluge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Service between Newark and New York City typically operates on two tracks — one eastbound and one westbound — running through the Meadowlands.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Wheatland Road will run through the development, separating an area that will mostly be residential homes from a mostly commercial area.
—Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
The lighthearted run-through was for a BBC broadcast that would be the first worldwide satellite broadcast, Martin says, and the pressure was vast despite the band’s goofing around during this take.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
The group rehearsed for several minutes before dancers joined for a final run-through and filming.
—Haley Kluge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for run through
Verb
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But the latest report punctured some of that argument.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Joel, a 19‑year veteran, begins pursuing after another officer deploys a spike strip and punctures the Challenger's tires.—
Kelsy Mittauer,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Provost has asked managers to spend most of their time there, leaving some of them frustrated, the people said.—
Albertina Torsoli,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Due to the 2024 hot fire test incident, the German launch startup spent 18 months conducting a comprehensive technical overhaul to ensure mission success.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In a statement on social media, the Department of Justice said the interview summaries -- known as FBI 302 reports -- were initially withheld from the January release of millions of pages of DOJ documents related to Jeffrey Epstein because they were believed to be duplicative of other documents.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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This bundle includes the Copilot AI add-on at a slight discount (normally $50 per person per month), which enables triage features, intelligent suggestions, summaries, transcriptions, translations, and more.—
John Brandon,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Mines are first identified by the AN/AQS-20A sonar system or other mine countermeasure assets, after identification a mine is neutralized with an armor-piercing warhead.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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What follows this admission is a piercing dissection not of the art itself, but of frameworks of looking at Black art and life that go beyond racist tropes disguised as appeals to the primitive, the spontaneous, the corporeal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The markets lose millions, maybe more, each time somebody in the press asks President Trump a question.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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For a few minutes, Hollywood lost its collective mind.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The pattern of demands is a bare outline of topic areas.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2026
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Below the hawk-outline is a blue stellar nursery packed with newborn massive blue stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In a lawsuit, Nicholas Parszik and his parents alleged that Rivers stabbed Nicholas, then 8, while the two boys were playing video games in the garage of Nicholas’ San Pedro home on July 30, 2016.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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After being questioned by Charlotte County detectives, Giblin allegedly confessed to stabbing Bradley after an argument.—
Alyssa Dzikowski,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Textile waste is a huge and burgeoning problem, with Americans throwing away up to 17 million tons of clothing each year.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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More than one million disposable vapes are thrown away every single day in the United Kingdom.—
Ryan Brennan
March 6,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Run through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20through. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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