running back
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Rising rates could send investors running back to the safety of Big Tech.
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
Yet the next two picks were both offensive players, with the Arizona Cardinals selecting running back Jeremiyah Love before the Tennessee Titans sprang a surprise by taking wide receiver Carnell Tate.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Arizona Cardinals: David Bailey, Edge, Texas Tech — Amid rumblings that Cardinals might take a running back, they grab a pass rusher instead.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Gamble, who turns 36 in June, is a running back and linebacker for the Los Angeles Legends in the Women’s National Football Conference, a full-contact professional league consisting of 16 franchises across the United States.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
I was pretty sure the whole class had passed us by that time; I saw them all running back from the turnaround in the opposite direction.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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