run smack into
Example Sentences
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I’d sidled through the “speak-easy,” happened upon the blackjack tables, and even run smack into a male dancer standing atop a saddle swinging 4 feet off the ground.
From Slate • May 30, 2023
That extensive documentation has run smack into a hard reality, however.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Without a parallel effort by Maryland, a critical part of that network will now run smack into a bottleneck where the Beltway crosses the Potomac at the American Legion Bridge.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2021
Yes, what is “important” — and in pro sports, winning division titles really is a measure that matters — again has run smack into what is merely “interesting,” the off-the-field story lines.
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2020
And nobody had ever run smack into the hives.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
