- past tense form of run.
ran
Example Sentences
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Amazon’s Prime Day, for instance, ran from June 23 to June 26.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
For most of the decade after Warsh left the Fed, inflation ran below where officials expected, not above.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The All Blacks, revitalised under new coach Dave Rennie, ran out 33-16 winners in the series opener in Johannesburg.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Once the stream was identified, the team ran thousands of computer simulations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
A strip of coconut-palm matting ran down the center of the wide hall.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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