Thesaurus results for RUNS AGAINST

runs against

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present tense third-person singular of run against

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to come upon unexpectedly or by chance It surprised her that she ran against some resistance when she presented her plan for the company.

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Recent Examples of runs against 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 Atlanta scratched across three runs against a shaky Blake Snell and a parade of Dodgers relievers, while Ray Kerr and Didier Fuentes, among others, held the powerful LA lineup to just two. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The bet runs against the massive investment pouring into AI infrastructure, as technology companies race to secure the computing power needed to develop and run increasingly advanced AI models. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 But Varma and Shivam Dube (27) upped the ante in the final three overs by smacking 57 runs against Sufyan Moqim, Ayub and Ahmed Daniyal. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 The club scored four runs against White Sox starter Anthony Kay with Nick Loftin leading the way. — Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 Diaz tacked on an RBI single in the ninth off rookie Bradley Hanner as the Astros scored six runs against New York's bullpen. — CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Brent Headrick, who has been lights out and one of MLB’s best relievers, allowed a season-high three runs against the Houston Astros in a 9-7 loss. — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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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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