Other definitions for Ran (2 of 2)
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
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How to use ran in a sentence
RAPTOR foresees a significant drop-off from that group of five teams to the East’s four play-in squads, as well as from the play-in group to the also-rans.
Everyone’s A Favorite In Our 2022-23 NBA Forecast | Jared Dubin | October 14, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightSimilar lower results were achieved when the researchers re-ran variations on the study two more times with two more groups of 24 babies each.
8-Month-Old Babies Recognize Wrongdoers and Seek to Punish Them | Jeffrey Kluger | June 16, 2022 | TimeThey don’t want to die as also-rans, content to wear a halo of coulda-been-a-contender nobility.
Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth Is a Stunning, Stark Shakespeare Adaptation | Stephanie Zacharek | December 25, 2021 | TimeLeah Falland was on her way to the Olympics, and then came the fall and the shockIndeed, falls can turn surefire winners into also-rans.
The wet and wild history of steeplechase, Olympic track and field’s splashiest event | Matt Bonesteel | June 25, 2021 | Washington PostNvidia has been an also-ran in mobile chips but its pending $40 billion acquisition of Arm will transform it into a major player overnight if and when the deal closes.
Indeed, some of those troops who ran away from defending Mosul were already American-trained.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’ | Nancy A. Youssef | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd keep in mind that when Huckabee ran for president in 2008, he won the Iowa caucuses.
The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him,” said Lott.
Steve Scalise Shows There’s a Fine Line Between Confederate & Southern | Lloyd Green | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTEURO was founded by David Duke, the ex-Klansman who ran for Louisiana governor in 1991.
Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumNearly half the regiment ran to secure their picketed horses, armed themselves in hot haste, and galloped to the gaol.
The Red Year | Louis TracySome of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyThey ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettHe was holding his big head high in the air, like a giraffe, and gazing proudly about him as he ran.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. Carryl
British Dictionary definitions for ran (1 of 2)
/ (ræn) /
the past tense of run
British Dictionary definitions for RAN (2 of 2)
Royal Australian Navy
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