How to Use run-up in a Sentence

run-up

1 of 2 noun
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  • The theory is the lack of run-up should make kick returns safer.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The exact cause of the latest run-up in Treasury rates is hard to pinpoint.
    — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle have dealt with nagging injuries in the World Cup run-up.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 July 2023
  • This is all part of a run-up to the launch of The Final Shape, which Destiny makes no bones about promoting here.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Apple had gained 46% this year through Tuesday’s close, part of a broader run-up in tech stocks.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The swift run-up in long-term Treasury yields—to around 5% from 4% in early August—suggests Wall Street now agrees.
    — Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Some analysts are warning that its run-up has been too speedy.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
  • After a busy run-up to NHL trade deadline day, Friday was not so eventful.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Many in this age group have had a run-up in their home equity, so have more leverage when buying a home, Lautz said.
    — Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Meanwhile, investors are still coming to terms with the rapid run-up in rates, which sparked a huge sell-off in US government bonds and stocks last year.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • The West, where homes are the most expensive in the country and where some of the biggest price run-ups occured during the past few years, is seeing some of the biggest price declines.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The first is the 40% June to September run-up in jet fuel, a line item that even before the jump accounted for around one-fourth of operating costs.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Likewise, a sharp run-up in food and fuel prices tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sharply sped up inflation but has now pulled back.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The reason, Hepp said, is partly due to softness in the Austin real estate market, which saw a huge run-up in prices during the pandemic.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But some political strategists and economists say the rapid run-up in prices since the pandemic could change that.
    — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Shares in some of those firms have more than doubled this year, including a big run-up this month after the central bank signaled it is done lifting rates.
    — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The precious metal’s strong run-up so far in 2023 has left it in need of a catalyst to break beyond its record high, the World Gold Council says in its monthly report.
    — wsj.com, 11 May 2023
  • In the housing market, rising interest rates triggered a huge run-up in mortgage costs, which can cause buyers to bow out of the market or drive prices down.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Purchasing a home is more expensive than ever in many areas of the country after run-ups in both prices and mortgage rates over the past couple of years.
    — Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Keith Gill, who has been silent on social media for the past three years—and whose evangelism for GameStop shares led to a massive run-up in the stock—posted an image Sunday.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 May 2024
  • The overall market stayed hot even as the Federal Reserve hoisted interest rates, spurring a steep run-up in mortgage rates.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Americans struggling with a two-year inflation run-up are getting some relief at the gas pump and in grocery stores while rent costs are still climbing.
    — USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • Economists widely expected the steep run-up in rates would cause a recession.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Homeowners in the 1970s faced ever-higher property tax assessments due to a sharp run-up in home values.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The shares already have more than tripled so far this year, a run-up that has boosted Nvidia's market value to $1.2 trillion — a threshold that thrust the company into the tech industry's elite.
    — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Price levels have generally not reversed the big run-up that happened just after the pandemic.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But the rapid run-up in prices this month shows just how vulnerable the region remains to any supply disruption following the slump in imports from Russia.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 16 June 2023
  • There could be another banking crisis, or something out of the blue, such as a conflict in the Middle East that creates another run-up in energy prices.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023
  • In the poll’s run-up, China had repeatedly called him a dangerous separatist.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Getting primetime fixed is critical for CNN as all the cable-news networks steel themselves for a new run-up to a presidential election.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
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run up

2 of 2 verb
  • And why not run up and down the beach in these bad boys?
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The crowd screamed and ran up to hand the queens dollar bills.
    — Casey Parks, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • The bears can climb trees, swim and run up and downhill up to 40 mph.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • The bears can climb trees, swim, and run up and downhill up to 40 mph.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Once lit, the flame can run up to eight hours on high or up to 16 hours on low.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Black bears are strong swimmers and tree climbers and can run up to 35 mph.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
  • Ellis scored the opening points of the game with a 9-yard TD run up the middle.
    — Ronnie Holman, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
  • But that push is running up against the First Amendment.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But the dog runs up, circling me again, & back to its owner.
    — Yusef Komunyakaa, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
  • Cal ran up 58 in that win over the Mean Green before finding the end zone just once against the Tigers.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • And yet is named in the honor of a coach who ran up a keen 220 in Cumberland.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Sanders' 35-yard run up the middle to midfield late in the third quarter.
    — Martin Frank, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Cerda got the Wildcats on the board first with a 33-yard run up the middle.
    — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The two-point play was a Josh Jacobs run up the middle that was denied.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The lights require power cords that run up the back of the tree, but they’re hidden well.
    — Jenni Gritters, wsj.com, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Once charged, the vacuum can run up for to 40 minutes at a time.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Take 10 minutes to run up the stairs in your office or home.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Sanders was jammed up on a run up the middle from the 17 and safety Zion Puckett punched the ball out.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The Rockets put a real scare in the Warriors with their run up the standings.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Each buzzer had two motors with wires that ran up to the booth, and the projectionist would hit the switch.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
  • At that moment, her daughter ran up to the stage to cuddle with her mom.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Spend five minutes dancing to your favorite song, run up and down the stairs, or walk around the block.
    — Sherry Walling, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Then to the horror of the minders who were trying to urge her to leave the stadium, Leal ran up the skate ramps to the edge of the north stands.
    — Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
  • The two victims were with a group when the gunman ran up and started firing.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
  • The young child could be seen on a doorbell camera running up to the deputy and giving him a hug.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The bid for the Super Bowl bid runs up to 21 games, a cruel total for a running back.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Three more officers then run up, and one can be seen kicking Nichols on the ground.
    — Adrian Sainz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The car needs no special outlet or charger and can run up to 100 miles in one charge.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Siloam Springs answered with its last score of the game, a run up the middle by Jed Derwin for a 13-10 lead.
    — Bennett Horne, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Jones got six carries Saturday for 34 yards, bouncing one run up the middle to the edge for a 19-yard gain.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024

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