be running

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Maybe you need to squint to see it right now, but after I give you this egg “biscuit” recipe, you’ll be running to the kitchen and that image will become much clearer.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

She has now switched into the midfield role she fills for Grenoble and will be running hard and straight at Rowland.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Turner said in that interview that he considered a presidential run in the 1990s, while married to actress Jane Fonda, but she had warned if he ran he’d be running alone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“I had asthma. I had pneumonia, bronchitis. ... I never thought I’d be running because I just was not the person that would be running. I was told to stay inside, not go outside.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

If she ran with Wash, she’d be running away from them, too.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez