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as in stabbing
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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as in spending
to use up carelessly
how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?
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Recent Examples of running through
Through fits of laughter, Luna, her husband Rico and their 2-year-old son Carter can be seen running through a heavy rainstorm to get to their front door in the video.
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Kylie then filmed herself running through the house, yelling at everyone inside about the prank.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The homeowner said the camera recorded someone running through backyards after the shooting.
—Michael Ruiz , Peter D'abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , Cb Cotton, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The grain refers to the direction of the muscle fibers running through your steak.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Friday night’s matchup will be the first of six straight years of non-conference clashes, running through 2030.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
In the space station's usual configuration, this location is not ideal for a reboost because it is misaligned with the lab's velocity vector, an imaginary line running through the complex along its direction of travel.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
He's seen running through the store and into the parking lot, stabbing a final victim in the crosswalk before being subdued by bystanders, including a man with a licensed pistol.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The land corridor running through Armenia's Syunik province and bordering Iran's northern East Azerbaijan province is billed by the United States as a chance to boost regional trade and economic integration.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Kylie then filmed herself running through the house, yelling at everyone inside about the prank.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The homeowner said the camera recorded someone running through backyards after the shooting.
—Michael Ruiz , Peter D'abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , Cb Cotton, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The grain refers to the direction of the muscle fibers running through your steak.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Friday night’s matchup will be the first of six straight years of non-conference clashes, running through 2030.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
In the space station's usual configuration, this location is not ideal for a reboost because it is misaligned with the lab's velocity vector, an imaginary line running through the complex along its direction of travel.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
He's seen running through the store and into the parking lot, stabbing a final victim in the crosswalk before being subdued by bystanders, including a man with a licensed pistol.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The land corridor running through Armenia's Syunik province and bordering Iran's northern East Azerbaijan province is billed by the United States as a chance to boost regional trade and economic integration.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for running through
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Advertisement Advertisement Adolescence, a series about a 13-year-old boy named Jamie Miller (Cooper), who is arrested because he’s accused of stabbing a female classmate, racked up 13 Emmy nominations this year.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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The homeless felon accused of stabbing a young Ukrainian commuter to death on a Charlotte light rail train comes from a household where run-ins with the law have been a way of life.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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After spending the first nine years of his career with the Washington Capitals, Johansson was traded to the New Jersey Devils in the summer of 2017, just before the Caps broke through with their Cup win.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Simon-Kucher also has a new holiday shopping report, which surveyed consumers in July, and is forecasting Gen Z shoppers to reduce their holiday shopping budget by only 1%, from $814 to $805, while Millennials will be spending 14% more year over year.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Iniki is the Hawaiian word for sharp and piercing wind.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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That alone is amazing, said Timbrook, Depue and a representative for the soft body armor vest that stopped a bullet from piercing the officer’s chest.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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From the outside, that must sound ludicrously harsh, even if Leverkusen were winless across those matches, losing to Hoffenheim and throwing away a 3-1 lead (with a man advantage) to draw 3-3 in Bremen on Saturday afternoon.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Starting over does not mean throwing away the earlier chapters.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Wi-Fi 7's puncturing capability is designed to isolate the interference, enabling devices to use the remainder of the channel.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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These posts implicitly criticize the government by puncturing its narrative of economic progress.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
26 Aug. 2025
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Both are solid options in their own ways, and picking one would no doubt harm the other.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Daniel yells after jabbing his net into the bank.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Gunn starts jabbing his fingers into Corenswet’s chest.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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Despite spending the whole three-hour awards show telling people that their overlong speeches were losing the Boys & Girls Club of America money, the bit was a ruse.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Resilience, in the simplest terms, is the ability to recover from challenges, adapt to change and keep moving forward without losing your core sense of purpose.—
Raquel Gomes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Running through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20through. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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