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running

(= run) the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace he broke into a run his daily run keeps him fit (= run) (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team the defensive line braced to stop the run the coach put great emphasis on running (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream as mountain stream with freely running water hovels without running water continually repeated over a period of time a running joke among us executed or initiated by running running plays worked better than pass plays took a running jump a running start of advancing the ball by running the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays (= functional, working) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing in running (or working) order a functional set of brakes the act of administering or being in charge of something he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time the state of being in operation the engine is running smoothly (= track) the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track measured lengthwise cost of lumber per running foot

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Simple sentences

That boy is running.
My time is running out.
Someone must have left the water running.
Two boys came running out of the room.
I saw him running.
She isn't running.
Tom lives in a house without running water.
It wasn't Tom who left the water running.
Our supplies are running out.
He isn't running.
My money is running low.
They are running.
Tom is running out of money, isn't he?
You're just running away from life's problems.
I'm running out of ideas.
The tap is running.
After running up the hill, I was completely out of breath.
I got the machine running.
The sea was running high.
We were running to and fro.
I don't feel up to running to the station.
I managed to catch the 8 o'clock train by running all the way to the station.
Our country is running short of energy resources.
I was exhausted after running the race.
Cool the burned finger in running water.
Mayuko came running to meet us.
You're running a big risk in trusting him.
Tom came running with a letter from Judy.
Running as fast as she could, she still failed to catch the bus.
A lot of boys are running in the park.
Running so fast is impossible for me.
The boy came running.

Movie subtitles

Hartmann's running in.
That's just the fluid running in.
I mean, we could be up and running within, uh. Within two months.
I'll just call my wife and tell her we're running Neal to the hospital because we found a lump on his testicle.
So what, uh, errands are you running specifically?
So when the blooms are out, she came running.
Running off with my sister?
The pattern on the rug has three diamonds running across.
You're running for mayor?
He's running for the pink vote which is a statement, not a realistic manifesto.
In my opinion, he's only running for mayor to expedite his own business interest.
How did you know that the figure running down the hospital corridor in Pete London's Santa suit wasn't Pete London?
You might need an errand running or maybe someone to hold her hand.
It's nice to see them running about.
Shit, he's running for Senate next year.
It's my life. You don't have a clue what it is to have poison running through your body.
The A.I. running the Savior tanks seemed to detect no threat as far as those capsules are concerned, but we can deal with that by reprogramming the settings.
He'd be hard pressed to find someone who'd believe a race of immortals are running the world from the shadows.
The device is running, but no 0-2 is being delivered.
Humanity has started down a path running counter to our intentions.
All this high-speed running around you're doing is futile. Give it up.
If they've secretly been running the world up 'til now, it's not as if their stewardship has been all detrimental, has it?
Monros daughter comes in running.
The tobacco is running out.
No, your Honor. You walked around Paris for an hour and a half without running into anyone?
How much for running into an open manhole?
The newpapers keep running my photograph.
Yeah, but now that we're running it, we can do it right, with epi-injector sites and fair prices, because the way Frankie and Mickey were doing it, someone was bound to get hurt, and not just the allergic kids.
Maybe to adults it looks like we're just running around, playing whatever we want to, wherever we want to, running all around the yard, willy-nilly without barriers or boundaries.
It was as hot as a hot dog, and Frankie's team looked like they were running out of steam.
I'll be Running Scared.
And what's worse, they keep running out of gas and getting jammed, in the most awkward positions.
You don't have a clue what it is to have poison running through your body.
The owners of the dogs nipping at Horace's heels for the championship would all have loved to see him out of the running.
This hotel not only has running water, it has running guests.

News and current affairs

This is reflected in Sarkozy's openly pro-American stance - an act of political courage in a France where anti-Americanism is running high.
But delay in grasping it will be very costly, and Europe is running out of time.
Compared to 2008-2009, when policymakers had ample space to act, monetary and fiscal authorities are running out of policy bullets (or, more cynically, policy rabbits to pull out of their hats).
But time is running very short.
Indeed, growth in earnings and profits is now running out of steam, as the effect of weak demand on top-line revenues takes a toll on bottom-line margins and profitability.
It is not like the US government, running a huge deficit despite an economic boom, does not need the money.
His choice of Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate shook up the presidential campaign.
Unfortunately, scientists in the US are running up against such barriers more and more often.
According to the professor, a series of questions followed, with the White House official keeping a running score.
Worse, some of the troubled countries' inflation rates are still running higher than those of their trading partners.
So long as a national government is not running more than a modest deficit, a current-account deficit reflects the private sector's borrowing from abroad (or the sale of previously accumulated foreign assets).
These findings, while running contrary to popular perceptions of Saudi culture, are less startling than they appear.
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Countries like Germany that are running a current-account surplus would also help themselves by helping to stimulate the European economy as a whole.
Once he knows of it, the decision is his to make, because only he can judge the importance of his journey, and balance that against the risk he is running.
Time is running out in Kosovo.
But, as with our natural resources, we are running out of options.
The latter option, once unthinkable, is possible because Berlusconi is not running the type of inflammatory electoral campaign that he has in the past.
In both cases, the employment engines need to keep running or be restarted, in order to prevent political volatility and social unrest.
Argentina has the world's largest fleet of vehicles running on compressed natural gas; families use gas intensively; most electricity is generated with gas; and the petrochemical industry is based on it.

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