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run over

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verb (2)

as in to practice
to do over and over so as to become skilled let's run over this dance number one more time

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To cover for Glasnow on Wednesday, six Dodgers relievers combined to hold the Astros to one run over the last eight innings. Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Advanced Micro Devices has considerable room to run over the next year, largely due to structural agentic artificial intelligence tailwinds following a strong first-quarter report, according to Goldman Sachs. Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 6 May 2026 The show, which ran over five weeks, launched on Tuesday, January 20. Peter White, Deadline, 4 May 2026 According to police, their investigation showed a fight in the bar had spilled out into the parking lot, at which point a driver, identified as 25-year-old Giancarlo Estudillo Villegas, ran over an individual and hit a security guard. Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for run (over)

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“Run (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20%28over%29. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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