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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
The Red Sox tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh on Abreu’s sacrifice fly and Masataka Yoshida’s RBI single for a 7-3 advantage.
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Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Its sequels were mined for a beloved 1970s TV show, Little House on the Prairie, that still runs in syndication and will be rebooted on Netflix for a whole new generation in a series that premieres July 9.
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Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
6 July 2026
The Phillies fought back with two runs in the eighth to cut the lead to one run, but Rodriquez homered on a two-out pitch off reliever Chase Shugart in the ninth.
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CBS News,
30 June 2026
Chase Shugart, who has been solid in middle relief, gave up three runs in one-third of an inning on Sunday.
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Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
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
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
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
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Its sequels were mined for a beloved 1970s TV show, Little House on the Prairie, that still runs in syndication and will be rebooted on Netflix for a whole new generation in a series that premieres July 9.
—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
6 July 2026
The Phillies fought back with two runs in the eighth to cut the lead to one run, but Rodriquez homered on a two-out pitch off reliever Chase Shugart in the ninth.
—
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Chase Shugart, who has been solid in middle relief, gave up three runs in one-third of an inning on Sunday.
—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
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.
—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
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.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
22 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs in
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At the end of the first season, when Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys visits Storm’s End to petition House Baratheon to join their cause, he and Alicent’s second son, Aemond, trade barbs.
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Breakthrough has relationships with several schools in the area and regularly visits schools to present its program to area fourth graders, Cox said.
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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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The hire comes over a year after former President Marlene Tromp took a new job at the University of Vermont and left the university.
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So Mary Travers comes over with Peter.
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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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Part of the Splash Jelly Drop collection, Tory Burch’s Mini Romy reworks one of the brand’s signature shapes into a bright aquatic blue that immediately calls to mind swimming pools and cloudless skies.
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If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?
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Once inside, she’s confronted by Tommy (James Eddie), who stupidly grabs her to escort her out.
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When forecasters warn about a heat wave, the number that grabs headlines is the daytime high.
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