as in to run down
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The trend over the past two years of the relative strength of shipments compared to the weakness of new orders, unfilled orders, and inventories appears to indicate that companies have been burning off their backlogs and running down work-in-progress inventories.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025 -
Listen to this article About a dozen other hikers were nearby Sunday morning when a young man running down the popular Cowles Mountain trail in San Carlos stopped and fired a gun at a group of young men holding rocks who were chasing him and his female companion, according to a witness.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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Later, Ju-yeon finds out that Park Jae-yeong was not a fellow victim of the attack, but was actually in on the whole thing.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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The problem will be finding out which is able to do a deal with De Laurentiis.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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June eventually found herself at Serena’s mercy and was spared; June then, as luck would have it, delivered Serena’s baby and was later reunited with Luke.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Grand emailed supporters last week hoping for help finding two Black female performers to join its show.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Knowing exactly which offerings will positively impact employees’ lives and which benefits will go unused can be difficult for leaders to accurately ascertain.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Now, the fates of both Jokic and Murray have been ascertained.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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On Sunday around 3 p.m., deputies were called to the apartment located on Armorlite Drive, across the street from Palomar College.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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According to the team's website, Fordham crew teams train in the Long Island Sound, Eastchester Bay and Hutchinson River, as well as at the Harlem Yacht Club in City Island, located about four miles away from the school's campus.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The public health ramifications of farmworkers shrinking from view are potentially massive: Infectious disease scientists say that preventing people from getting bird flu and detecting cases are critical to warding off a bird flu pandemic.—
Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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For various examples and further detailed indications about the nature and use of prompting to detect and mitigate the flow of misinformation and disinformation, see my coverage at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Include impact metrics, learning goals, relationship quality, and work-life integration.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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When Lochlan said yes, Timothy sent him away — and then asked Pam again about the poison fruit outside their suite, learning that the seeds can kill a person if ground up.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
6 Apr. 2025
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Regardless of how the first seven or eight innings had gone, the Mets discovered another gear late, often against the opposing team’s most dominant relievers.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Keep reading to discover all the best Gucci sneakers, below.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Poke (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke%20%28around%29. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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