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running after

ADJECTIVE
coming
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anticipated expected forthcoming impending subsequent
STRONG
advancing aspiring close converging deserving docking due fated foreseen future instant marked near nearing oncoming ordained predestined preparing progressing pursuing
WEAK
about to happen almost on one at hand certain drawing near en route eventual gaining upon getting near immediate imminent in prospect in store in the offing in the wind in view next nigh prospective to-be up-and-coming
Antonyms
STRONGEST
distant
STRONG
away far gone past

Example Sentences

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It felt like missing the last helicopter out of ’Nam, as if I were running after couplehood as bombs went off around me and yelling, “Nnnnnooooooooooo!!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Smith shapes as a pivotal player for Australia, and has hit the ground running after a six-week break where he did not pick up a bat.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Running only 76 minutes, the movie is a veristic and voluble delight, an exercise in eavesdropping on a pair of smart, funny people who wear posterity—there’s a tape recorder running, after all—with wry lightness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Its three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is barred from running after being convicted in a corruption case, but her 30-year-old lieutenant Bardella could be a candidate instead.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

Since the beginning of December, college recruiters had been coming to Permian to see who might be worth running after.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger