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• King Kong come running down the street, there was no one to see.
  — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• At least 13 officers come running back to the cell area.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2022
• My dad would shout to my mom, who would come running with a platter and rubber spatula, and all the kids would crowd around.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2021
• Just remember that Kate Bush can always come running up that hill to save you.
  — Vulture, 2 July 2022
• But instead of a shot, Guido allowed the Rising SC defense to come running on and get set.
  — Kevin Reynolds Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2021
• But on a recent Saturday morning, when Morrill went to feed her flock, the birds didn’t come running.
  — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2021
• Keep a lid on taxes and regulation, keep services at a minimum and build highways, and businesses will come running.
  — Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, 14 May 2021
• Then Gypin and a friend saw about 60 people, including families pushing strollers, come running at them — with some shouting there was an active shooter at the mall on Monday afternoon.
  — Rebecca Boone, ajc, 26 Oct. 2021
• The family eventually settled in an area where children were regularly attacked by a local pit bull and people would come running with flaming torches, because fire was one of the few things that would make the dog unclench its jaws.
  — Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
• Many men of colour subscribe to the socialization of what proper womanhood is and often come running with the rest of the world when white women are sad or lonely, while allowing women within their own communities to hold collective burdens alone.
  — Shaadi Devereaux, refinery29.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• Many men of colour subscribe to the socialisation of what proper womanhood is and often come running with the rest of the world when white women are sad or lonely, while allowing women within their own communities to hold collective burdens alone.
  — Shaadi Devereaux, refinery29.com, 8 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024