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run over

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verb (2)

as in to practice
to do over and over so as to become skilled let's run over this dance number one more time

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Two juveniles on e-bikes were pretending to run over pedestrians. Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024 He was charged with two runs over 5.1 innings with nine strikeouts after Masataka Yoshida tallied an RBI single off reliever Caleb Ferguson, but Connor Wong grounded into a double play with the bases still loaded to end the threat. Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024 Navarro questioned as a crew member held back Farrell; when the singer attempted to sidestep the crew member and blitz Navarro again, two more crew members and even bassist Eric Avery ran over to restrain Farrell and whisk him backstage. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2024 Popular on Variety All of these agreements, which run over the course of about three years, include exclusive distribution and ad-sales rights. Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for run (over) 

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“Run (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20%28over%29. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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