run off
Example Sentences
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Freya Kemp hit the winning run off Bree Illing as got England over the line with 37 balls, to spare to wrap up their seventh successive T20 bilateral series victory against the White Ferns.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
In the debate the following day, which was televised on NBC4, Raman again claimed that Bass wanted to face Pratt over her in a run off.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Successive rounds of bond-buying during the financial crisis and the Covid pandemic pushed it to a peak near $9 trillion before the Fed began letting some holdings run off.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Many dogs are microchipped so they can be identified more easily if they run off or get lost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
I’d heard all the horror stories—many of them true—but I also knew that my neighbor had thrown rocks at a grizzly that was in her garden and it had run off.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
