How to Use make a run for in a Sentence

make a run for

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  • Cruise says that the car wasn't trying to make a run for it.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Dwayne Johnson will no longer make a run for the White House.
    Vulture, 7 Oct. 2022
  • To cap the day, qualifiers in the Fast 6 will make a run for pole to set the front two rows.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2023
  • To cap the day, qualifiers in the Fast 6 will make a run for pole to set the front two rows.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2023
  • Temperatures will make a run for the low 60s for the highs.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Camp kitchens were flooded and a few vehicles that had tried to make a run for the fences were stuck.
    Sinna Nasseri, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2023
  • King/Drew was 9-3 last season and could make a run for the league title this season.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • At 53-54, the notion the Sox will regroup and make a run for the postseason is remote.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
  • If Burner’s feat inspires you to make a run for a record, find a Lincoln Town Car.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Joe then chose to make a run for it, and Roald followed closely behind.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Top Democrats around the state had been trying to lure her away from the private sector to make a run for office.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Scott ranks in the tour’s top 20 in driving distance and should make a run for the money if his putter gets hot.
    Vsin Staff, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Apart from this one-off event, Jonas isn’t really trying to make a run for it.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2023
  • Apart from this one-off event, Jonas isn’t really trying to make a run for it.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2023
  • The hope is to hang in there, then make a run for a playoff berth once Adam Duvall and Trevor Story return.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • The Purge add an excellent bit of tension in trying to figure out when to team up and when to make a run for it to the escape hatch to win the game.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • With 24 games left in the regular season, the Lakers still have enough time to make a run for a playoff-in game by finishing in the top 10.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The infield needs to find life at the plate if the Orioles are to make a run for the postseason in September, and there’s a 21-year-old raking in Triple-A who could help.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022
  • In one view, this season should be the best chance since 2016 for a team outside the traditional Big Six to make a run for a place in the Champions League.
    New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • With in-and-out foot traffic, combined with the loud fireworks outside, animals can get frightened and make a run for it.
    Griffin Wiles, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2022
  • Occasionally, someone would act up or try to make a run for it.
    David Kortava, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Harlan will definitely want to smash the delete button if the Utes do ultimately make a run for it.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Eleven finds her bottomless reserve of power and bursts Vecna backward as Hopper and Joyce make a run for it.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 2 July 2022
  • The pitch, though, got through the legs of Orioles catcher Pedro Severino, and Haggerty took advantage of an odd baseball rule to make a run for first base.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN, 6 May 2021
  • President’s Day is Monday and temperatures will make a run for 80!
    Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Upon trying to exit the stadium, they're spotted by the gangster brothers of Ari (Billy Zane), who Kid previously strangled to death, and make a run for it.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2021
  • As riders reach the end of the walk-through, they're met with dozens of creepy figures holding scissors and wearing red jumpsuits outnumbering the riders and encouraging some to nearly try and make a run for it.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Several witnesses were trying to catch Duke, but the scared pup decided to make a run for it instead and jumped off the overpass onto Dickinson Avenue.
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The best one lasted all of two minutes, ending with a car skidding out of control and crashing into a building before the driver tried to make a run for it and got tackled by law enforcement officers.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Temperatures 20 to 30 degrees above average will make a run for daily high temperature records, and may even break records for the entire month of December according to the WPC.
    CNN, 24 Dec. 2021

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