RUNNING ACROSS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

running across

phrase

present participle of run across

as in finding

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance She ran across an old friend at lunch.

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as in encountering

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face They ran across a bear while camping in the woods.

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That's a very tight timeline, but Katalyst hit it, getting LINK ready by its launch date and checking off a number of commissioning milestones before running into trouble.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The two strangers keep running into each other during 12 hours of messy mayhem in New York City.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of running into

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The motorcycle continued moving down the ramp, bumping into the guard rail and stopping on the exit ramp, law enforcement recorded.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Maybe two or three groups of hoaxers out there at once, bumping into each other in the dark and scaring the scales off one another.

— Star-Telegram staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026

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Her proclamation of optimism comes on the heels of her having been released in December from a brutal Belarusian prison for supporting an opposition candidate running against the country’s authoritarian leader.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, James is running against businessman Perry Johnson in the primary election in the gubernatorial race, while Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson are running in the Democratic primary.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026

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