How to Use run-up in a Sentence
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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
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The exact cause of the latest run-up in Treasury rates is hard to pinpoint.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
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Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle have dealt with nagging injuries in the World Cup run-up.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 July 2023
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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
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Apple had gained 46% this year through Tuesday’s close, part of a broader run-up in tech stocks.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
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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
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Some analysts are warning that its run-up has been too speedy.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
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After a busy run-up to NHL trade deadline day, Friday was not so eventful.
—Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Economists widely expected the steep run-up in rates would cause a recession.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
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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
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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
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Price levels have generally not reversed the big run-up that happened just after the pandemic.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
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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
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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
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In the poll’s run-up, China had repeatedly called him a dangerous separatist.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
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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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And why not run up and down the beach in these bad boys?
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Apr. 2024
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The crowd screamed and ran up to hand the queens dollar bills.
—Casey Parks, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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The bears can climb trees, swim and run up and downhill up to 40 mph.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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The bears can climb trees, swim, and run up and downhill up to 40 mph.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
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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
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Black bears are strong swimmers and tree climbers and can run up to 35 mph.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
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Ellis scored the opening points of the game with a 9-yard TD run up the middle.
—Ronnie Holman, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
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But that push is running up against the First Amendment.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
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But the dog runs up, circling me again, & back to its owner.
—Yusef Komunyakaa, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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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
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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
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Sanders' 35-yard run up the middle to midfield late in the third quarter.
—Martin Frank, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
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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
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The two-point play was a Josh Jacobs run up the middle that was denied.
—Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
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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
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Once charged, the vacuum can run up for to 40 minutes at a time.
—Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
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Take 10 minutes to run up the stairs in your office or home.
—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
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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
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The Rockets put a real scare in the Warriors with their run up the standings.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
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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
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At that moment, her daughter ran up to the stage to cuddle with her mom.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
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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
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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
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The two victims were with a group when the gunman ran up and started firing.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
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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
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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
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Three more officers then run up, and one can be seen kicking Nichols on the ground.
—Adrian Sainz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
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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
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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
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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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