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wells (up)

verb

Definition of wells (up)next
present tense third-person singular of well (up)
as in runs over

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  1. runs over
  2. spills
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  • The right-hander won his fourth straight start and has surrendered two runs over his last 23 innings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The Sorrow and the Pity runs over four hours; Shoah clocks in at over nine.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of runs over
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  • Hundreds of protesters rallied outside Israel’s embassy in Bangkok, demanding that foreign visitors — especially Israelis — stop flouting Thai laws and customs as anger over tourist misconduct spills into the streets.
    — Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Liang Manqi, known for geometric abstraction, presents an installation in which painting spills off the canvas and onto walls, floors and three-dimensional structures.
    — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
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“Wells (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wells%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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