1
as in stabs
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 spends
to use up carelessly
how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?
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Recent Examples of runs through
The country's largest lantern festival kicks off mid-November and runs through February.
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Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Patrick Penn, Deputy Under Secretary Food Nutrition and Consumer Services for USDA, said in a court filing Monday that the department chose not to tap other emergency funds to ensure there’s not a gap in child nutrition programs for the rest of this fiscal year, which runs through September 2026.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
The Pacific Coast Highway, or Highway 101, runs through plenty of charming coastal towns in Oregon.
—Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
The band runs through the song live, usually with Ozzy doing what’s called a scratch vocal, a live vocal that would be replaced later on.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The film side of Sheridan’s Paramount contract ends in March 2026, while the television side runs through 2028.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
Baier’s contract with Fox News runs through 2028.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
The 39-year-old recently signed a six-year contract extension worth nearly $11 million per season that runs through 2030.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Central Arkansas Water, the regional water utility that provides drinking water to Little Rock, chose to raise rates in January 2023, adopting a 10-year schedule of increases that runs through 2032.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Patrick Penn, Deputy Under Secretary Food Nutrition and Consumer Services for USDA, said in a court filing Monday that the department chose not to tap other emergency funds to ensure there’s not a gap in child nutrition programs for the rest of this fiscal year, which runs through September 2026.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
The Pacific Coast Highway, or Highway 101, runs through plenty of charming coastal towns in Oregon.
—Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
The band runs through the song live, usually with Ozzy doing what’s called a scratch vocal, a live vocal that would be replaced later on.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The film side of Sheridan’s Paramount contract ends in March 2026, while the television side runs through 2028.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
Baier’s contract with Fox News runs through 2028.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
The 39-year-old recently signed a six-year contract extension worth nearly $11 million per season that runs through 2030.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Central Arkansas Water, the regional water utility that provides drinking water to Little Rock, chose to raise rates in January 2023, adopting a 10-year schedule of increases that runs through 2032.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs through
Verb
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Alex breaks free and, in a panic, repeatedly stabs Evelyn with the syringe.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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In fiscal 2025, Starbucks reported a 1% decline in same store sales in China, weighed down by 5% decrease in the average amount of money a customer spends per transaction.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Everybody spends the same amount of money.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Recounting his visit with Shelton’s body after she’d been taken off of life support in From Bleak to Dark, Maron punctures the somber scene with a joke about taking a selfie.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, each conversion step consumes energy, introduces delay, and loses some of the information carried by the original signal.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Judges also review arbitration awards with a high degree of deference, meaning the side that loses the arbitration is often disincentivized to petition a judge to vacate the award.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Her infectious laugh regularly pierces the newsroom noise.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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But the show's greatest asset is its stars, whose endearing real-life friendship pierces through the play’s inherent despair.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Last season, Penn State was a few throws away from reaching the national championship game, leading at halftime but falling to Notre Dame 26-23 in the Orange Bowl.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Nobody who has even a slight awareness of how the organization does business expected the Ravens to trade multiple Day 1/2 draft picks for a player.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Interestingly, Downs will now wear the same jersey number as his brother, Ohio State standout safety Caleb Downs, who is likely to be one of the top picks in the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Srinivas, who often jabs the search engine giant, made an interesting point.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Haggard jabs Baird over mailers The race is already tense.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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