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as in visits
to make a brief visit
I just thought I'd run in and pick up my package
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as in arrests
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
if we catch you shoplifting again, we're going to run you in
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Recent Examples of runs in
While starter Tyler Phillips held steady for six innings, giving up five hits and two runs while striking out four, Alejandro Osuna and Elias Díaz each knocked in runs in the top of the eighth that dug the Marlins a hole their offense couldn’t come out of.
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Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Detroit took the lead with three runs in the third.
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CBS News,
22 June 2026
Goyle’s biography runs in a different direction entirely.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Bliss, set to voice Fei, has quickly built a reputation with standout roles in Enola Holmes 2, Belfast and Matilda the Musical, as well as West End runs in Les Misérables and School of Rock.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Naturally, Ohtani also singled, doubled, walked and drove in two runs in that game.
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Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Teams trailing by at least eight runs in the eighth inning or later had lost 4,291 consecutive games, according to Sportradar.
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ABC News,
15 June 2026
The teams involved combined to score 102 runs in a stretch that began with a wild slugfest last Monday night, when the Brewers outlasted the Athletics 15-14 in a 12-inning game that featured 11 homers and 34 hits.
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Kirk Kern,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Mike Evans Civic engagement runs in the family for Mike Evans.
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Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Detroit took the lead with three runs in the third.
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CBS News,
22 June 2026
Goyle’s biography runs in a different direction entirely.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Bliss, set to voice Fei, has quickly built a reputation with standout roles in Enola Holmes 2, Belfast and Matilda the Musical, as well as West End runs in Les Misérables and School of Rock.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Naturally, Ohtani also singled, doubled, walked and drove in two runs in that game.
—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Teams trailing by at least eight runs in the eighth inning or later had lost 4,291 consecutive games, according to Sportradar.
—
ABC News,
15 June 2026
The teams involved combined to score 102 runs in a stretch that began with a wild slugfest last Monday night, when the Brewers outlasted the Athletics 15-14 in a 12-inning game that featured 11 homers and 34 hits.
—
Kirk Kern,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Mike Evans Civic engagement runs in the family for Mike Evans.
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Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs in
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Aracely Duarte Perez visits her father at the Imperial Beach, US-Mexico border.
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Iran’s president visits Pakistan to coordinate mediation on sanctions relief, nuclear limits and rebuilding, even as disputes flare over control of Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes and how Iran can spend unfrozen assets.
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Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.
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Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.
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Ben Johns comes over to the right side to hit a dink shot against Anna Bright and Hayden Patriquine in the 2026 PPA Carvana Mesa Cup finals match of the Pro Mixed Doubles Division at Arizona Athletic Grounds on February 22, 2026 in Mesa, Arizona.
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This honor comes over a decade after you were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Trump seizes America’s 250th-birthday spotlight, headlining the Great American State Fair, hosting a UFC bout at the White House and promoting new passports, $250 bills and coins bearing his image.
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Ellie brings up the salad and seizes the opportunity to take credit for her part in making lunch.
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In addition to ground units, air rescue teams were called in to perform water drops in an effort to control the fast-moving flames.
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Consumers are hoping the news means further drops in prices.
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The note pulls in the opposite direction of the clean-laundry fragrances that dominated recent fragrance cycles.
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His company, now headed by his grandson, still pulls in more than $250 million a year.
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Traffic is expected to be impacted in Midtown Manhattan as the city initiates shuttle bus corridors and closed streets around Penn Station for fans going to MetLife Stadium, which FIFA calls New York New Jersey Stadium.
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The Mayo Clinic’s current position, updated September 2024, calls infrared benefits preliminary.
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The design is what grabs your attention at first sight.
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The goal is to have a welcoming environment that grabs visitors' attention.
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“Runs in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runs%20in. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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