run across
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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The witness described how the young children and other bystanders had "run across the road" in panic.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
If you run across a professional athlete, pose for a photo standing right next to him, beta-smiling in admiration, and post it on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Following an executive order from President Trump last week, Sable Offshore Corp. announced Monday that it resumed oil flow through pipelines that run across Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Cause and effect run across many scales at once, from ion channels to dendrites to circuits to whole-brain dynamics, and these levels do not behave like independent modules stacked in layers.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
And with my balance not what it should’ve been, to run across the floor felt a little hazardous.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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