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rundown

[ruhn-doun] / ˈrʌnˌdaʊn /


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The rundown of the show was still unknown.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Below is a rundown of the executives making the trip and what could be at stake.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Engineers, lawyers and other emissaries of the U.S. oil industry have flocked to the heavily guarded hotel to pitch their Venezuelan counterparts on plans to revive the country’s rundown oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

An NBC reporter gave this rundown: “Part-time jobs, shunned by neighbors, counseling for him and his wife, and a family divided. He sent his daughter to Jordan to escape the attention.”

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

But it was strange how life connected up; because I had carried Mr. Norton to the old rundown building with rotting paint, I was here.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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