run by

verb

variants or run past
ran by or ran by; run by or run by; running by or running by; runs by or runs by
Synonyms of run bynext

transitive verb

: to present to (as for evaluation)
ran some ideas by her

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No other city has dozens of restaurants and bars in such proximity, run by and catering to young Latinos. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Mandazis, ginger rice congee and crispy lentil kofte can be found in a new cafe, run by the nonprofit organization MAKE Projects, which opened at the end of June with a mission to empower immigrant and refugee women. Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026 Those are run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the Department of Health and Human Services. Jack Brook, ABC News, 6 July 2026 Cramer’s Charitable Trust , the portfolio run by CNBC’s Investing Club, owns shares of all three stocks. Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 6 July 2026 Rice ended his run by laying off to Bukayo Saka, who charged toward the penalty area and lofted a cross into the box. Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Cape Verde began this run by making a statement, producing a shocking 0-0 draw against soccer powerhouse Spain on June 15 in its first-ever World Cup match. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026 The question is whether Congress imposes clear rules on these deals before ad hoc dealmaking hardens into a permanent industrial policy run by the executive branch alone. James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 But this March, the scores for Supergirl actually went down when DC Studios held a bakeoff, testing competing cuts from filmmaker Craig Gillespie and from the studio, run by James Gunn and Peter Safran. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026

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“Run by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20by. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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