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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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Cruise has been on a hiatus following an incident a year ago in which a woman who was hit by another vehicle was run over by a Cruise robotaxi, then dragged about 20 feet and severely injured as the Cruise car tried to pull over. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024 Michael Forzano, a protester who lives in New York and uses a guide dog, claims that on three occasions, drivers have slammed the door on him, driven away when his hands were still on the car, and almost ran over his guide dog’s paws. Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2024 Anaheim street racing victims run over taken to hospital Both pedestrians injured in the vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash were transported to a hospital, police said. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 Cole never ran over, Betts reached safely, and the Dodgers were finally on the board. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 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 2 Dec. 2024.

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