running after
Example Sentences
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Inflation has heated up two months running after the conflict in the Middle East spiked crude oil prices, though for now remains inside the 1% to 3% window the Bank of Canada aims to maintain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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
Jenrick has proved adept at making a splash on social media - including running after fare-dodging Tube travellers - and some have wondered whether he has ever really stopped campaigning for the party leadership.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025
Then I thought I heard a squawk, and I started running after her.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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