run
verb (used without object)
to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
are running
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present progressiveof run.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In addition to Seat 4, nine other candidates are running for two other seats in November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"People cannot get out of their homes. We are running out of food, so I came out to purchase some," Aduenan Surorot, a motorbike-taxi driver, told AFP outside a grocery store.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
“People are running around the world handing a report card to people who shouldn’t have that power,” she says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
“The people on this list are running New York City,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Kids are running up and down the wet sand chasing geese, while the younger ones seat themselves in the sand, buckets and shovels in hand.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
