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as in to puncture
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife
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2
as in to spend
to use up carelessly
how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?
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as in summary
a short statement of the main points
could you give me a quick run-through of what the referendum question is all about?
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Recent Examples of run through
Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Game 5 was the first time Houston went from down double-digits to up double-digits, running through the tape and winning a clutch-time game in the process.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Peter White, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
After each run-through, participants gather in a circle to offer critiques.
—Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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Verb
At least one ran through the school warning of a shooter.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Game 5 was the first time Houston went from down double-digits to up double-digits, running through the tape and winning a clutch-time game in the process.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
Nikki Glaser, who helped the Golden Globes breathe some new life into the awards show, is returning for her third run-through.
—Peter White, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
After each run-through, participants gather in a circle to offer critiques.
—Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for run through
Verb
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Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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By the end of the learning unit, Burton said growth in the children could be seen as their vocabularies expanded to using words such as thermometer, blood pressure and punctured.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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Two years ago, the firm had just a dozen customers who were spending more than a million dollars each with it on an annual basis.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Derek McCracken spent nearly a decade teaching agriculture in Ohio before launching The Owl’s Nest to give fellow educators ready-to-use classroom resources that actually inspire students.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Sample ballot The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram staff,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 May 2026
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But the summary lacks any kind of detailed explanation of which tests were run and under what conditions.—
Cyrus Farivar,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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This tank, more than any of its Allied counterparts, sent German designers back to the drawing board to produce the next generation of tanks that featured heavier armor and higher-velocity cannons with greater range and armor-piercing capability.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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In Inverted Tree, Man for Hire (2004), for example, the trunk of a wily branched tree bears a piercing gaze.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
7 May 2026
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Educators were fired for making insensitive comments about him on their personal social-media accounts; a firefighter in Toledo lost his job for posting a derisive eulogy on Facebook; various airline employees were suspended for disparaging Kirk online.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Gray added that both players agreed to lose the game in exchange for $10,000 to $15,000 in payments each.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Familiar drinks like lattes might contain special spices or honey; at Arwa, lattes features the outline of a camel stenciled in spices.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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Observing tips The lunar disk is entirely bereft of shadows during the full moon phase, making this the perfect time to trace the outline of lunar maria — where lava flows filled colossal impact basins billions of years ago before hardening to form sweeping basaltic plains.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
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Marcus Semien hit a chopper down the left side, which Jorbit Vivas stabbed at wildly while missing it badly.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Police in Antioch are investigating after a man was fatally stabbed during an altercation at home over the weekend.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The pizzas should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase for a refund.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Joly’s football path took shape while playing for the Harlem Jets, a youth program that practices on weeknights at Wagner Playground, a patch of grass located just a stone’s throw away from the Harlem River.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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“Run through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20through. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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