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runs by

phrase

variants or runs past
present tense third-person singular of run by

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“Runs by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runs%20by. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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