RUNS THROUGH Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

runs through

verb

present tense third-person singular of run through

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 Mel's Drive-In remains open with the manager telling the LA Times that the lease runs through 2029. — Gio Insignares, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Advance voting runs through Saturday, with the final vote Monday. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Brice is nice If Misiorowski is the ace of Milwaukee’s pitching staff, the offense runs through former Corona Santiago High star Brice Turang, who is one of just three major leaguers to score at least 102 runs and drive in 100 in the regular season. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The relationship runs through Sweeney’s father, Steven Sweeney, and Monroe’s biological father, Charles Stanley Gifford, according to MyHeritage’s research. — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Woods remain near Interstate 285, and a little stream runs through them. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The neck is compact and a lot of critical anatomy runs through a small space. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 The incident occurred along the Blue Line, which runs through Old North Sacramento and connects the Watt/Interstate 80 area with downtown Sacramento and Cosumnes River College. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Doing work, thinking work or work that runs through a relationship. — Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The sequence culminates in the Great Hall, where Ned kicks part of his broken cane to Colum, who stabs MacKinney in the leg.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
But before Bane can finish him off, Batman stabs a Batarang into a little knob on Bane’s wrist gauntlet, the one that controls his intake of Venom.

— Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of stabs

Verb

Compared to a woman who spends her days toiling to defend some of America’s most underserved, Lee’s a man who wrote a puff piece about some rich, white dude.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
For anyone who spends a lot of time online, the series’s AI origins are hard to miss.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of spends

Verb

The incidental findings problem Here is the number that punctures the marketing.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
That’s because when a snake bites and punctures the skin and transfers venom into the victim’s body, the venom attacks the skin, soft tissue and connective tissue beneath it.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of punctures

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— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
But what begins as a bold and daring attempt to broach progressive issues in a notoriously conservative society ultimately loses its nerve, acquiescing to a number of eyebrow-raising narrative compromises.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of loses

Verb

Christmas tree pins have a tiered configuration that compresses rather than pierces the ground (a win for modern synthetic or Mondo tracks).

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
An ice sculpture of a heart includes a tube through the ice arrow that pierces the heart.

— Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 July 2026

Definition of pierces

Verb

The broadcaster and champion of the high street, who transformed the fortunes of Harvey Nichols, picks her favourites.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026
AutoCAM then suggests how to hold the part, picks the tools and generates the machining operations, followed by a material-removal simulation to check the job before any metal is cut.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of picks

Verb

Rather than immediately running toward his destination on the opposite side of the field, Jefferson jabs at the defender to create even more separation.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Vance, El-Sayed exchange jabs over spouse comments The dispute also took a personal turn as the vice president condemned El-Sayed for comments about second lady Usha Vance.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of jabs

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