run up against
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: to experience (something difficult)
She has run up against a lot of opposition.
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The grand idea has been around for decades—and has always run up against daunting technical, economic and political barriers.
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Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
Once again, advocates of reform run up against the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed Prohibition in 1933 and left the primary responsibility for regulating alcohol distribution to the states.
—Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
But the effort has run up against the realities of current law — and the Constitution.
—Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN, 7 July 2021
Some speculate the virus might also have run up against cyclical factors as well as sizable pockets of immunity from prior infections, although there's not agreement among health officials on the magnitude of that protection.
—Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
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Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
Once again, advocates of reform run up against the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed Prohibition in 1933 and left the primary responsibility for regulating alcohol distribution to the states.
—Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
But the effort has run up against the realities of current law — and the Constitution.
—Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN, 7 July 2021
Some speculate the virus might also have run up against cyclical factors as well as sizable pockets of immunity from prior infections, although there's not agreement among health officials on the magnitude of that protection.
—Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
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“Run up against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20up%20against. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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