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

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

"I don't think we'll be running out of fuel," he told reporters.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

She tells me we’ll have walkie-talkies so that she’ll be able to communicate with me in the light booth if anything needs to be adjusted—because, she says casually, I’ll also be running sound.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon