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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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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
Richard Chumney, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024
The Grammy Museum announced earlier this week that Luther Vandross: Artistry and Elegance, a new exhibit dedicated to the prolific vocalist, opens on Nov. 20 and will run through June 15, 2025.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
At the handful of Moon Safari performances so far this year, Air has opened with a complete run-through of the 10-song album, followed by a 10 other tracks spanning its discography.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Mar. 2024
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But the local board, which adopted the evaluation in late July, has not yet moved to adjust Levy-David’s three-year contract, which runs through mid-2026.
—Richard Chumney, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024
The Grammy Museum announced earlier this week that Luther Vandross: Artistry and Elegance, a new exhibit dedicated to the prolific vocalist, opens on Nov. 20 and will run through June 15, 2025.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
The Academy Awards is the only award ceremony that actually requires presenters to attend a run-through prior to the live show.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
At the handful of Moon Safari performances so far this year, Air has opened with a complete run-through of the 10-song album, followed by a 10 other tracks spanning its discography.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Mar. 2024
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Sheriff Bianco attributed Solis’s death to suffocation and blood loss after his jugular vein was punctured.Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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In 2010, swordfish attacked an Angolan oil pipeline, puncturing an oil loading pipe and delaying tanker shipments, Reuters reported.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Taiwan already spends billions of dollars on U.S. military equipment.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The constitutional amendment renews approval for the state using Minnesota State Lottery revenue for conservation, raises the amount of lottery money the state can spend each year and creates a new advisory council to decide how to award grants.Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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Officers were dispatched to Mahomes' house in Belton, Missouri, roughly 28 miles south of Kansas City, shortly after midnight Oct. 6, an incident summary from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office shows.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Now, Cook, 64, relies on summaries from Apple Intelligence, the tech giant’s newest AI offering.Morgan Smith, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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One of the bullets brushed his spine and another pierced his bladder, leaving him with a permanent catheter.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Procedures Your healthcare provider may also suggest a nipple retractor or piercing for a longer-term solution.Brandi Jones, MSN-Ed, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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Knight explained how her design process focuses on ways to make sure the customer is less likely to throw away the garment.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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The number includes not just energy used by hospitals and clinics but also the huge amounts of medical waste, often single-use plastic devices, which are thrown away each day, said Buonocore.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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In between, the outlines of their homeland shifted again and again, with the Napoleonic invasion of Hessen, in 1806, the Congress of Vienna and post-Napoleonic redivisions of Europe, and, eventually, the rise of Otto von Bismarck.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The broad outline for the event is based on an account from a senior Harris campaign official, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive planning around a speech that still is not completely closed to tweaks.Philip Elliott, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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Another execution attempt of Creech, 74, had been scheduled for Nov. 13 — coincidentally, the same date in which the four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed in 2022 in an off-campus apartment house.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Samuel Paty, 47, was stabbed repeatedly in 2020 outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine near Paris by an 18-year-old assailant of Chechen origin, then decapitated, days after showing his pupils the caricatures.Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Sharks’ prospect pool was also largely devoid of high-end talent, with the organization trading away multiple first-round draft picks throughout the 2010s for short-term solutions to keep the championship window open.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Rachel picks Caroline, and Genevieve goes with Sue, while Lavos Teeny and Sol stick together, and macho men Kyle and Gabe team up.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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