running after

Example Sentences

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O’Brien eventually makes it to the Oscars stage, with the children still running after him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Smith shapes as a pivotal player for Australia, and has hit the ground running after a six-week break where he did not pick up a bat.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Running only 76 minutes, the movie is a veristic and voluble delight, an exercise in eavesdropping on a pair of smart, funny people who wear posterity—there’s a tape recorder running, after all—with wry lightness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Its three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is barred from running after being convicted in a corruption case, but her 30-year-old lieutenant Bardella could be a candidate instead.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

Timing himself precisely, Bull quit running after he had said three decades.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy