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  • past tense form of run.
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ran

[ran] / ræn /








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Days later, they ran out of fuel only to be spotted and rescued off the tiny Spanish island of El Hierro.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

With encouragement from Kincaid, Lee, 49, began by planting small sages that would grow quickly and help prevent erosion, since water, mulch and rain often ran down the hillside to the sidewalk.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Before the war, he ran an art foundation in his native region of Transcarpathia in western Ukraine.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The researchers initially ran a 30-day field experiment in which they randomly assigned about 840,000 Instacart shoppers to one of two groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

As soon as roll call was dismissed, I ran back to the dormitory.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom



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