run its course

Example Sentences

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The two simply felt their marriage had run its course, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps, some analysts suggested, it marked the demise of a nettlesome character whose usefulness — as a deniable military asset, international fixer and pro-Kremlin master of the media dark arts — had run its course.

From Los Angeles Times

However, he went on to note, “This counteroffensive hasn’t run its course yet. So we have to see where this thing ends up and then move from there.”

From Slate

“From my perspective, it is the rule of law and the justice system working itself out the way that it does. It’s bumpy, and this side or that side doesn’t necessarily prefer this course of events. But our job, I think as political people, is to allow the justice system to run its course,” he said.

From Washington Times

Following the earliest exit from a women’s World Cup in U.S. history, Vlatko Andonovski’s tenure as the team’s manager has seemingly run its course.

From Los Angeles Times