run across
verb
ran across; run across; running across; runs across
: to meet with or discover by chance
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Available in green, brown or black color schemes signature to Satisfy, each pair works as a gradient with a fade running across the two shoes.
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Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Built for real work The robot can also rotate joints continuously because engineers eliminated cables running across joints, reducing wear and allowing greater freedom of motion.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
The stones run across the 47 mm white-gold case, the dial, the clasp, and even the movement.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 May 2026
Jeff McNeil got the first run across for the A's after his forceout allowed Lawrence Butler to score.
—CBS News, 16 May 2026
The Cubs did just enough to scratch a run across against Braves lefty Chris Sale, and the bullpen kept tossing up zeros en route to a 2-0 victory to snap a four-game losing streak.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
Fried allowed five hits, one walk and three runs across his three innings of work before Blackburn replaced him.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The 2-2 draw halted San Diego’s five-match losing streak in MLS play, but stretched its winless run across all competitions to nine matches.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
The centerpiece is what McDermott revealed in 2025 as the AI Control Tower—a unified governance layer that gives companies real-time visibility into every AI agent, model, and workflow running across their enterprise.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Built for real work The robot can also rotate joints continuously because engineers eliminated cables running across joints, reducing wear and allowing greater freedom of motion.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
The stones run across the 47 mm white-gold case, the dial, the clasp, and even the movement.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 May 2026
Jeff McNeil got the first run across for the A's after his forceout allowed Lawrence Butler to score.
—CBS News, 16 May 2026
The Cubs did just enough to scratch a run across against Braves lefty Chris Sale, and the bullpen kept tossing up zeros en route to a 2-0 victory to snap a four-game losing streak.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
Fried allowed five hits, one walk and three runs across his three innings of work before Blackburn replaced him.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The 2-2 draw halted San Diego’s five-match losing streak in MLS play, but stretched its winless run across all competitions to nine matches.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
The centerpiece is what McDermott revealed in 2025 as the AI Control Tower—a unified governance layer that gives companies real-time visibility into every AI agent, model, and workflow running across their enterprise.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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“Run across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20across. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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