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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
After allowing just 24 unearned runs through their first 74 games, the Yankees allowed 21 from June 20 to the end of the month, more than double any team in baseball.
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Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2026
The Tour de France returns on July 4 and runs through July 26.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Manifesta opened in Germany’s Ruhr region on June 21 and runs through October 4.
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
2 July 2026
Seventeen minutes in and Colombia has its best shot as Córdoba springs the counter and runs through from the right and shoots to the far post, but Diogo Costa dives low to deflect it out to the corner.
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Nbc News,
NBC news,
28 June 2026
The Padres evened the score with a Gavin Sheets’ solo home run off Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who’d go on to limit the Padres to two runs through six innings.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The aesthetic philosophy runs through every decision, including ones that might seem trivial.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
That instinct -- to keep helping, to keep showing up -- runs through every part of her story.
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Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
Social media posts by the company say the jet was participating in the NJ Air Show, which began Friday and runs through Sunday at the Greenwood Lake Airport.
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Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2026
The Tour de France returns on July 4 and runs through July 26.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Manifesta opened in Germany’s Ruhr region on June 21 and runs through October 4.
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
2 July 2026
Seventeen minutes in and Colombia has its best shot as Córdoba springs the counter and runs through from the right and shoots to the far post, but Diogo Costa dives low to deflect it out to the corner.
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Nbc News,
NBC news,
28 June 2026
The Padres evened the score with a Gavin Sheets’ solo home run off Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who’d go on to limit the Padres to two runs through six innings.
—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The aesthetic philosophy runs through every decision, including ones that might seem trivial.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
That instinct -- to keep helping, to keep showing up -- runs through every part of her story.
—
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
Social media posts by the company say the jet was participating in the NJ Air Show, which began Friday and runs through Sunday at the Greenwood Lake Airport.
—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs through
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Kara talks her out of it, and when Ruthye walks away, Kara turns back to Krem and stabs him multiple times with a sword.
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On cue, a Frey leaps out and stabs Robb’s pregnant wife Talisa (Oona Chaplin) in the stomach, and a volley of crossbow arrows lay into Robb and his friends.
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The amount a farmer spends on fertilizer is a small fraction of the total cost to grow food and get it to grocery store shelves.
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Pz’ spends much of his proper debut, No Turning Back, equally baffled by his good fortune and ready to fasten it to his side with a Gucci strap before anyone else can take it.
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Commentary and opinions In his latest column, Michael Hiltzik punctures the myth of Alan Greenspan, whose policies gave us the Great Recession.
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If a foreign object punctures the tread or sidewall, your tire can deflate slowly or quickly, depending on the puncture.
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.
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And the company doing the genuine, expensive work of transition loses the one advantage the label was meant to confer, cheaper capital and patient shareholders who believe the plan.
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And who the f--- pierces a 12 year old?
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Lockwood’s music instills joy in listening, and such revitalized desire leaves your body freshly tender, sensitive to whatever pierces the ear.
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Each year, the average American throws away nearly 1,800 pounds of trash.
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Its chair, Beatrice Rindevall, said each Swede throws away around 9-10 kilograms (20-22 pounds) of clothes.
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New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
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And with all the trades Peterson has pulled off in his tenure at the helm, the Hornets boast a treasure trove of draft picks just over the next five years alone.
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Continue reading … OUT OF LEFT FIELD — Tom Hanks jokingly jabs MS NOW while speaking with reporter live on the network.
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But following elite competition is nearly impossible, with subtle flicks and jabs practically invisible to the naked eye—and competitors hidden behind masks.
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