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

The Bronze Age ran from about 2,300 BC to 800 BC.

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He and another volunteer, Alan Levy, ran into the building and barricaded the door behind them.

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It was one of nine ships in the country's small naval fleet, and had been surveying an area of sea floor that had not been mapped in decades when it ran aground.

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The 13-year-old ran for the door immediately, and while he managed to escape, he was wounded by falling debris from the roof.

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The incident is the second time the McLaren drivers have collided this year, after Norris ran into the back of Piastri while trying to overtake him in Canada in June and had to retire.

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• go 
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