the runs

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The Lakers talked every practice about the runs the Thunder go on and how they had to limit them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Australia will similarly be relying on Steve Smith to be in the runs.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

But once they got their eye in, the runs started flowing with both going on the attack, picking off boundaries.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

She made her debut against the West Indies in December 2024 and has since been consistently among the runs.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

By owl time Bigwig and his helpers had scratched out a kind of lobby inside the entrance to one of the runs leading down from the wood.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams