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[ruhn] / rʌn /












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At Hollywood Forever, Geese showed they did indeed have the mettle to run their scabrous noise into arenas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Analysts said a Thursday announcement that Apple and Meta would team up on new AI models that run locally on a laptop, rather than at data centers, added to concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Alan Feeney, who has since stepped down from the party, was heard making the remarks during undercover filming for an ITV News investigation, external in the run up to council elections in May.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Microsoft must demonstrate that Maia’s savings survive the costs of development, deployment and adapting software to run on it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

While my family is fixated on the news, I quietly run to my room.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Avian flu, cost-cutting and Brexit are among the reasons behind the transfer of captive birds from one of Northern Ireland's best-known wildlife sites, according to the charity that runs it.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The hotel hosts special trips during the festival, led by a local astronomer, and runs visits to various sites and events across the park.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

For the average 2,500-square-foot house, framing labor, which used to cost $10,000, now runs builders $25,000 to $28,000, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Dodgers’ starting rotation, the most expensive in history, gave up 16 hits and 13 runs in 18 innings for a 6.50 earned-run average.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Stein, who runs a newspaper at Carville called The Star, has been one of Joey’s most ardent supporters.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

On 27 minutes, a quick move of the ball through hands to the left allowed Boyd to power through, before Davies ran more than half the length of the field to score under the posts.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Instead, the Dodgers ran into the team with the best regular-season record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“The train finally ran out of steam I guess,” 36-year-old third baseman Max Muncy said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Using scanning tunneling microscopy, a technique capable of imaging surfaces at the atomic level, the researchers confirmed that the steps ran parallel to one another and directly observed vortices positioned along them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The reindeer ran on, but Wolf knew that he had to turn back and head into the Forest again.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The Government response also said it recognised there were concerns about the running costs of the scheme.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

When running for re-election in 2008, he told journalist P.J.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Within the LAPD, some have also criticized McDonnell for taking a detached approach to running the department and ceding control to underlings, such as Assistant Chief Dominic Choi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But other costs associated with running a business still makes supermarket alcohol cheaper overall.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

It’s not like there are a lot of potential crushes running around right under my nose.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith


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