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as in to lead
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the road runs along the river for a while

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as in to vary
to occur within a continuous range of variation the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month

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as in to tend
to show a liking or proneness (for something) unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness

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as in to drive
to urge, push, or force onward they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly

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as in to operate
to control the mechanical operation of I know how to run that machine

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as in to become
to eventually have as a state or quality the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children

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as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state her makeup started to run when she got in the pool

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as in to cost
to have a price of that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars

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noun

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as in tendency
a prevailing or general movement or inclination the company's stock has remained consistent with the overall run of the market

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the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress the actor has been assigned the part for the run of the show

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as in trots
runs plural abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools with weekend guests in the house, it was no time to get the runs

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Examples of run in a Sentence

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The Social Security program may soon run short of money, and those benefits were never meant to cover the full costs of retirement. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024 The terrified Brahmin, running home recounted this alarming tale to his wife. Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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The singer will start her run of holiday shows on the West Coast with a stop in Southern California’s Yaamava Theater on Nov. 6, before visiting Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on Nov. 8, along with stops in Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024 Strong sports programming and the stretch run of election season both likely were strong for Sinclair’s advertising business in October, as well as for another large local affiliate owner, Nexstar Media Group (NXST), which was up 6% in the month. Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for run 

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“Run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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