run into
Example Sentences
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“We want to reflect what real kids would experience. So Phoebe and Jay are off on their adventure, they run into a problem and how does this everyday text help them solve the problem?”
From Los Angeles Times
The shots he makes while running into the corners should not, by rights, be landing in.
From BBC
“This high visibility acts as a better deterrent for people and helps prevent animals from accidentally running into the wire or misjudging a jump,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
So when a documentary arrives asking audiences to take her seriously as a subject — as a person with insight, depth or meaning — it runs into a problem that money cannot solve: There is no demand.
From Salon
Cutting interest rates by a full percentage point or two, however, would run into heavy and likely insurmountable resistance, economists say.
From MarketWatch
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