as in visits
to make a brief visit I could run over right now if that's good for you
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as in practices
to do over and over so as to become skilled let's run over this dance number one more time
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Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 The Orioles crushed the Red Sox pitching staff for six home runs, five of those coming off starting pitcher Brayan Bello, who got shelled for eight runs over 3 1/3 innings in the worst start of his career. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026 Five of them came off Bello, who gave up 13 hits and eight runs over three innings of work. —Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Painter gave up nine hits and all five Braves runs over 5 2-3 innings. —ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 The Diamondbacks scored seven runs over the seventh and eighth innings to beat the Mets 7-1, and take the three-game series, 2-1. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026 On a ragged offense, Achane had a league-leading 24 runs over 15 yards and finished third behind Cook and Seattle’s Kenneth Walker III with 40 runs over 10 yards. —Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026 That many strikeouts and that few runs over 26⅔ innings is also something no reliever had ever done. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 Gore settled in afterward, gave up no runs over his next three innings and finished the game giving up three runs off six hits in six innings of work with nine strikeouts. —Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
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Cypress had scored only three runs over its previous two games, including a 1-0 win over Foothill in 10 innings on Wednesday. —Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 The Orioles crushed the Red Sox pitching staff for six home runs, five of those coming off starting pitcher Brayan Bello, who got shelled for eight runs over 3 1/3 innings in the worst start of his career. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026 Five of them came off Bello, who gave up 13 hits and eight runs over three innings of work. —Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Painter gave up nine hits and all five Braves runs over 5 2-3 innings. —ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 The Diamondbacks scored seven runs over the seventh and eighth innings to beat the Mets 7-1, and take the three-game series, 2-1. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026 On a ragged offense, Achane had a league-leading 24 runs over 15 yards and finished third behind Cook and Seattle’s Kenneth Walker III with 40 runs over 10 yards. —Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026 That many strikeouts and that few runs over 26⅔ innings is also something no reliever had ever done. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 Gore settled in afterward, gave up no runs over his next three innings and finished the game giving up three runs off six hits in six innings of work with nine strikeouts. —Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Runs (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/runs%20%28over%29. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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