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 Since 2021, Del Mar has been counting on the fairgrounds to place a little more than half of the 113 lower-income housing units that the city has to provide zoning for as part of the state’s sixth cycle housing element, which runs through 2029. —

Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026 The fair, which opened Friday and runs through Monday, March 9, is intentionally staged while the fashion set is in town to help open up the world of design to a new audience. —

Katherine McGrath, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2026 The Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival kicked off on Friday and runs through April 27 with local, celebrity and Disney chefs offering cooking tips during culinary demonstrations, tasting seminars and signature events. —

Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026 But Georgia’s most magnificent spring wildflower walk may be the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail that runs through the Pocket at Pigeon Mountain in Walker County. —

Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026 The global tournament began on Wednesday and runs through March 17. —

Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026 When to See the 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse A total lunar eclipse runs through several phases, and the blood moon is the crescendo. —

Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026 Strood reemerged in the second game as a strong complementary starter, holding SLU to six hits and no runs through five innings pitched. —

Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026 County Road 22 runs through the Yolo Bypass and becomes submerged when water levels rise in the Sacramento River and the Fremont Weir spills into bypass to reduce flooding in Sacramento, according to the release. —

Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 1 Mar. 2026

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Bautista stabs and shoots his assailants in an operatic eruption of violence that is done in a single, extended shot.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Milo tries to be a hero, trying to use pepper spray on Morgan, but Morgan stabs and kills him.

— Barry Levitt, Time, 21 Jan. 2026