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Recent Examples of run-up
The desire to get away and claim more space during the pandemic contributed to a run-up in prices in several resort areas.
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
The historic price run-up just ahead of the chocolate industry’s biggest day of the year has been months in the making.
—Maya Huter, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Perhaps a more communicative run-up on expectations or an approach that features more competitive offers to kick off the negotiations could go a long way to keeping the conversations more positive and less combative.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
That, along with supply chain troubles, helped fuel the inflation run-up.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
The historic price run-up just ahead of the chocolate industry’s biggest day of the year has been months in the making.
—Maya Huter, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Perhaps a more communicative run-up on expectations or an approach that features more competitive offers to kick off the negotiations could go a long way to keeping the conversations more positive and less combative.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
That, along with supply chain troubles, helped fuel the inflation run-up.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for run-up
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With the countdown within 45 minutes of launch, NASA called off an attempt to launch the next crew to the International Space Station Thursday evening to allow more time to troubleshoot a ground system hydraulics issue.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2025
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These issues didn't stop the countdown for long, but computers detected more problems, leading SpaceX to decide to delay the launch further.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Authorities in the region say the gang is behind a spike in criminal activities in Colombia, Perú, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Costa Rica.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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During the preliminaries on Feb. 28, the Red Devils broke the national record in the 200 medley relay, as Bey teamed with sophomore Luke Vatev, senior Henry Guo and junior Matthew Vatev to time 1 minute, 26.75 seconds.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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And just by being around his Team Canada teammates, Crosby is doing what Iginla and others did for him back in 2010, when Canada lost to the U.S. in the preliminaries and beat it in the gold medal game.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The jump image drew comparisons to a viral image of Musk jumping at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in October.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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But this isn’t just a random jump—this is a territorial display.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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What To Know Officials from Sudan have already rejected U.S. overtures regarding Palestinian resettlement.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Alijah Arenas, destined for greatness in the basketball world, enrolled at Chatsworth High as a freshman, turning down overtures from top private schools seeking to generate exposure for luring the son of a former NBA player with a high ceiling and immediate star quality.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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This is just the continuation of one of the worst seasons of Rozier’s NBA career.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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The three priorities John Seidler elucidated Wednesday were presented as a continuation.—
Kevin Acee,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, Saudi officials may view their engagement with U.S. officials over Ukraine as the prelude to further diplomatic cooperation.—
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2025
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This is all prelude; the story begins for real with NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2025
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Such a method automatically reduces your withdrawals during downturns and limits withdrawals during upturns.—
Steve Vernon,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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To the best of our knowledge, that was not the case with Smith, either. — To avoid an upturn that could make the termination more difficult.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Run-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run-up. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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