RUNNING THROUGH Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

running through

verb

present participle of run through

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 There’s a warm hospitality to the service, and a local flavor running through each dish. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026 Johnson remains on the board, with her current term running through April 2029. — Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Expect some traffic back-ups at the beginning and end of the game as parking lots empty and drivers hit the road in what is a construction zone on highways running through downtown. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 In fact, the Antichrist and eschatology are arguably the central religious impulse running through American Christianity, and that focus distinguishes the US from most other churches and cultures around the globe. — David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026 Give workers a reason to share On October 2, Norway’s government and eight employer and union organizations signed an AI agreement running through 2029. — Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026 The long effort to identify Vietnam’s war dead The recovery is part of a nationwide 500-day campaign running through July 2027 to locate the remains of about 7,000 war dead and identify them. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Ferrara remembers mentally running through a series of increasingly desperate responses. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 Located at 30 Galerie de Montpensier, the 323-square-foot space will be inaugurated by a solo exhibition for Deborah Roberts, running through November 28. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The Baltimore Police Department says Abubakarr Barrie, 23, is accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl inside a home.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Hank Sanders/Daily Southtown Paula Larson speaks to media May 6, 2024, about charges brought in the 1966 stabbing death of her mother, Karen Snider.

— Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of stabbing

Verb

Nowhere, however, is spending on corruption ads greater—or the volume louder—than in the Texas Senate race, between the state attorney general, Ken Paxton, and the state representative James Talarico.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Still, they’re specifically limited to spending on education.

— Adriana Morga, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of spending

Verb

Bauer, who was working in uniform, was shot twice — with one of the bullets piercing his heart — during a robbery at Kislak National Bank, 13490 NW Seventh Ave.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Elizabeth D’Aiuto, who plays Marian, the librarian of this small Iowa town who captures the roving eye of traveling salesman and con man Harold Hill (Elliott Andrews), has a piercing soprano that many an opera singer would envy.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of piercing

Verb

Aside from briefly losing the seat for one term nearly a decade ago, Valadao has hung onto the seat.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
For this year’s show at Compton Verney, Cadogan has taken inspiration from British people who’ve written to her about losing beloved trees in their own gardens, or public spaces.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of losing

Verb

In fact, Fielder says, Blaine was literally stabbing his hand, puncturing his own flesh to create the illusion of an illusion.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
Executioners spent more than two hours trying to find a vein, possibly puncturing his bladder before giving up.

— Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of puncturing

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Many butterfly and moth species lay pupae in leaf litter, so throwing away leaves each fall may be getting rid of these beneficial insects, too.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Advertisement For her, the environmental cost of throwing away food matters more than the bag used to save it.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of throwing away

Verb

Then, inside the death house, executioners struggled to find a vein, jabbing Pike with at least seven needles, according to her lawyers, one of whom watched in dismay.

— Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
When handcuffed by investigators, Thakor denied jabbing his wife with a knife.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of jabbing

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