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runs across

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present tense third-person singular of run across

as in finds

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance She ran across an old friend at lunch.

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as in encounters

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face They ran across a bear while camping in the woods.

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Then Erika runs into her ex-husband, a theater legend who was once Hermann Göring’s favorite thespian and helped push Nazi propaganda leading up to the war.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
His wife Ajin, 32, sets out to win compensation but runs into a system that thrives on exploiting people and keeping them quiet.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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That means players have to be paid, and paid handsomely, which – in turn – runs against the very ethos of BYU.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Against Henderson, the Dodgers took advantage of mistakes by the Brewers’ usually fundamentally sound defense to score four runs against him, only two of which were earned.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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