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run on

[ruhn-on, -awn] / ˈrʌnˌɒn, -ˌɔn /














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The company described it as “safe, secure, private,” adding that Muse would run on a digitally walled-off virtual machine that no one else’s agents can access.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Lu says that should speed up their development process and ensure their software can run on different machines.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

They run on infrastructure that those people own.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Anthony Woods broke free for a 53-yard touchdown run on the Bruins’ final possession for his second touchdown of the game and UCLA’s sixth — all on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

The effluent glacier seems to run on a long curve westerly up to the Gobrin plateau.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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