run deep

idiom

: to be felt very strongly

Fear runs deep in this small town.

Her love for her family runs deep.

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Boulos has been in touch with interlocutors across Lebanon's multipolar political world, three sources who spoke to him in recent months say, a rare feat in Lebanon, where decades-old rivalries between factions run deep. —

Andrea Shalal and Maya Gebeily, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024 And yes, the connections between the two franchises run deep. —

Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024 Like vice president-elect JD Vance, Ramaswamy's ties to Ohio run deep. —

Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2024 All three countries are former Soviet states and ones where Russian roots run deep: A quarter of Moldova’s population is ethnically Russian, and a separatist government in the Transnistria region, which is internationally recognized as being part of its borders, is backed by the Kremlin. —

David Hodari, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for run deep