ran
1 Americanverb
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The Church ran about 100 mother and baby homes across England where unmarried pregnant women would be sent, in effect, to hide them from society.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Mr. Windolf also notes the ways in which Mr. Dylan’s and the Beatles’ careers ran parallel to each other.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The self-taught Mr. Wash ran workshops while incarcerated, helping develop artists who might one day be among the center’s first residents.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
To understand how the ACC formed, Knahl and her team ran detailed climate simulations based on Earth's geography about 33.5 million years ago, when Australia and South America were positioned much closer to Antarctica.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
Built-in bookshelves ran along this false wall, old, sagging shelves whose blistered wood bore the same water stains as the wall behind them.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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