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run

[ruhn] / rʌn /












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If he tried to have a Hollywood birthday, he’d run into the same trouble he had lining up musical entertainment for the nation’s semiquincentennial Freedom 250 event.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Winning as darkness fell in Rawalpindi and losing by one run in Wellington.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The recent surge in prices may have run its course.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

As soon as he stepped into Fox’s studio for a practice run, he said he felt an immediate sense of familiarity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The young man who’d nearly run us down was named Eugene Hammond.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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