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ran

[ran] / ræn /








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The scale of the company’s accounting problems became clear only after it filed for bankruptcy, and the $1.1 billion in financing it received from debtor-in-possession lenders ran out.

From The Wall Street Journal

Vermont, where I teach political science, did not look like fertile ground for Jackson when he first ran for president.

From Salon

He was told to go to the bathroom block and Cheryl ran giggling into the ladies' changing rooms, refusing to come out.

From BBC

They even ran under the banner of "Scotland United".

From BBC

The tariff collections ran for months on the strength of that word.

From The Wall Street Journal