as in visits
to make a brief visit
I could run over right now if that's good for you
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as in practices
to do over and over so as to become skilled
let's run over this dance number one more time
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Recent Examples of runs (over)
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
On a ragged offense, Achane had a league-leading 24 runs over 15 yards and finished third behind Cook and Seattle’s Kenneth Walker III with 40 runs over 10 yards.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
That many strikeouts and that few runs over 26⅔ innings is also something no reliever had ever done.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Gore settled in afterward, gave up no runs over his next three innings and finished the game giving up three runs off six hits in six innings of work with nine strikeouts.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Opposite Schlittler, Ray ended his first start of the year with a loss after allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Venezuela then took a brief 2-1 lead after opening the second inning with back-to-back doubles from Ezequiel Tovar and Gleyber Torres against Yamamoto, who settled in after that to hold Venezuela to just the two runs over four innings of work.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
The bulk of the damage came on Monday against the Blue Jays when he was charged with four runs over 2/3 of an inning.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
Riley then returned to his vehicle, reverses into the vehicle behind him, drives forward and runs over Barber in the street while fleeing the scene, according to the complaint.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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The Diamondbacks scored seven runs over the seventh and eighth innings to beat the Mets 7-1, and take the three-game series, 2-1.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
On a ragged offense, Achane had a league-leading 24 runs over 15 yards and finished third behind Cook and Seattle’s Kenneth Walker III with 40 runs over 10 yards.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
That many strikeouts and that few runs over 26⅔ innings is also something no reliever had ever done.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Gore settled in afterward, gave up no runs over his next three innings and finished the game giving up three runs off six hits in six innings of work with nine strikeouts.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Opposite Schlittler, Ray ended his first start of the year with a loss after allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Venezuela then took a brief 2-1 lead after opening the second inning with back-to-back doubles from Ezequiel Tovar and Gleyber Torres against Yamamoto, who settled in after that to hold Venezuela to just the two runs over four innings of work.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
The bulk of the damage came on Monday against the Blue Jays when he was charged with four runs over 2/3 of an inning.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
Riley then returned to his vehicle, reverses into the vehicle behind him, drives forward and runs over Barber in the street while fleeing the scene, according to the complaint.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Runs (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runs%20%28over%29. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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