runs

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Appeared in the June 12, 2026, print edition as 'Time Runs Out for the Alarm Clock'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Betts graded as a below-average defender in his first season at the shortstop position in 2024, posting a minus-6 in Defensive Runs Saved and a minus-3 in Outs Above Average.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Runs like this are “exceptionally rare, with precedents seen only during some of gold’s most powerful historical advances,” it writes.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

"Runs are your currency. I will just keep doing what I am doing and hopefully get opportunities."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

Runs up thousand-dollar phone bills making prank calls to the Middle East.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt