ran

¹

[ran]

verb

1. simple past tense of run.

Ran

²

[rahn]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.

RAN

¹

abbreviation

1. Royal Australian Navy

ran

²

/ ræn /

verb

1. the past tense of run

Example Sentences

Among the many examples of mismanagement: Uganda ran out of milk after all its dairy cows were slaughtered for beef.

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The entrance was reopened in December 2024, but immediately ran into problems including power supply issues and difficulties for wheelchair users.

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In the years that followed he struggled with addiction, suffered medical issues and ran into trouble with the law.

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She credits what her father jokes is “an overactive sense of justice” to her grandparents, who ran a corner store in Santa Ana in the 1940s.

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He ran from the ward and fell over the railings of a first-floor landing on to a glass table.

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Related Words

• carry 
• control 
• go 
• handle 
• manage 
• move 
• perform 
• use 
• work