running down
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Nearby, Anisha Nepali sat quietly in a corner, tears running down her cheeks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
When they’re let loose, they enter Canyon View Ranch with the abandon of children running down Main Street, U.S.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Whatever one thinks of that critique, the principle has always rested on one consistent idea: Don’t change the rules of the game as the clock is running down.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
He’s tried livelier cruise lines, and nothing compares to a library stocked with first-edition books and the certainty that no children will be running down the halls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
She could hear signs of life in far-off rooms—the low mumble of a TV commercial, the beep of a microwave running down its count—but distantly, as if in a dream.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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