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run

[ruhn] / rʌn /












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The investigation examined potential criminal violations of the Clean Water Act by the multistate mining operations largely run by Justice’s son, Jay, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

“They’d much rather run the risk of hiking now and having to cut later than sitting back and letting inflation run away from them,” Pantheon’s Vistesen said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It turned out that mass-producing instant coffee gave the company little insight into how to run an artisanal coffee shop.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Thousands of simulations were run while a simple neural network identified which scenarios most closely matched the fossil evidence.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

This was evil’s hour: we could not run away from it.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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