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steps (on)

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present tense third-person singular of step (on)

as in runs over

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Martinez struck out five and allowed two runs over five innings, but a slow start proved costly.

— Steve Megaree, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
The driver pulls their van off the road so it’s parked halfway on an empty lot, runs over in black jeans and a band tee with the sleeves cut off, and climbs into the truck bed as Hollywell jokingly pulls away.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of runs over

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The Brewers clawed back from four runs down and yet again proved why this team loves playing from behind.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
There’s a marshy creek that runs down the west side of the property, and that creekbottom transitions to a 100-yard-wide stretch of hardwoods that border a hayfield.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

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steps on it

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