run out

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Recent Examples of run out But here’s the lifeline: Time hasn’t run out — yet. John Samuels, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 Embree showed Smith cut-ups of instances where Smith dropped passes, ran the wrong route, ran out of bounds when extra yards were there for the taking and delivered lackluster blocking performances. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025 Investigators suspected the two killings were related but ran out of leads and the cases went cold. Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 May 2025 The program became so popular that the money ran out much faster than anticipated. Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for run out
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Verb
  • The Messier 4 globular cluster will be positioned close to Antares and the moon throughout the night, though the light cast out from its 100,000 stars, will be swamped by the light of the near-full moon.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 May 2025
  • Eckhardt’s powerful book, Prayers That Rout Demons, is designed for seasoned Believers and shares warfare prayers in the areas of casting out demons, teaching strategies for overcoming demonic oppression, and so much more.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Over time, anyone who really questioned the theology of Biden was eventually kicked out, and the only people remaining in that inner circle are the truest of true believers.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 20 May 2025
  • March 14, 2014: Chris Brown is kicked out of Malibu treatment facility Brown was kicked out of the Malibu treatment facility where a judge had ordered him to stay.
    Alex Heigl, People.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • That put the nearly 100-year-old vehicle hauling company out of business, eliminating about 2,500 jobs nationally.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • The effortless Wunder Train High-rise Shorts 6-inch are now available for $39 and the perfect length to eliminate chafing for a more comfortable day of hiking, sightseeing, or traveling.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • Some calculations of net worth exclude assets like primary residences, which brings the number of millionaire households down to ~15m, still a large number.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 16 May 2025
  • Foreigners and slaves were generally excluded from the bounty, although there were exceptions.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Coaches were also thrown out, with Samford assistant Gil Walkes and Mercer pitching coach Tanner Gordon receiving ejections.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
  • He was thrown out by home plate umpired Roberto Ortiz in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes just before Miguel Andujar struck out with two runners on.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 May 2025

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“Run out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20out. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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