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The Meaning of run
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() of Run
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(p. p.) of Run
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(a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.
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(a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
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(a.) To flee, as from fear or danger.
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(a.) To steal off; to depart secretly.
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(a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
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(a.) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
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(a.) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
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(a.) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
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(a.) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
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(a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
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(a.) To creep, as serpents.
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(a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.
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(a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
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(a.) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
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(a.) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
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(a.) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
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(a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
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(a.) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
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(a.) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
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(a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.
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(a.) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
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(a.) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
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(a.) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
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(a.) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
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(a.) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
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(a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
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(a.) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.
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(a.) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
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(a.) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
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(a.) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
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(a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.
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(a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.
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(a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
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(v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.
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(v. i.) To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
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(v. i.) To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.
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(v. i.) To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
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(v. i.) To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.
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(v. i.) To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.
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(v. i.) To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.
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(v. i.) To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.
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(v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.
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(v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.
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(v. i.) To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
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(v. i.) To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.
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(v. i.) To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.
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(v. i.) To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.
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(v. i.) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
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(v. i.) To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
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(v. i.) To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
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(n.) The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
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(n.) A small stream; a brook; a creek.
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(n.) That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
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(n.) A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
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(n.) State of being current; currency; popularity.
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(n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
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(n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
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(n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
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(n.) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
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(n.) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.
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(n.) A voyage; as, a run to China.
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(n.) A pleasure excursion; a trip.
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(n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
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(n.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
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(n.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.
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(n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
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(n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.
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(n.) A pair or set of millstones.
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(a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.
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(a.) Smuggled; as, run goods.
Synonyms
tally
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test
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trial
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footrace
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foot race
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streak
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running
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running play
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running game
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running
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rivulet
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rill
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runnel
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streamlet
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political campaign
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campaign
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ladder
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ravel
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discharge
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outpouring
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scat
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scarper
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turn tail
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lam
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run away
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hightail it
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bunk
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head for the hills
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take to the woods
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escape
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fly the coop
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break away
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go
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pass
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lead
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extend
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operate
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go
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flow
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feed
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course
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function
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work
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operate
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go
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range
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campaign
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play
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tend
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be given
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lean
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incline
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prevail
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persist
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die hard
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endure
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execute
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carry
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guide
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draw
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pass
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lead
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black market
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bleed
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run for
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consort
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ply
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hunt
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hunt down
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track down
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race
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move
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go
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melt
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melt down
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ladder
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unravel
Antonyms
malfunction
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idle
Rhymes
anyone
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been
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begun
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blowgun
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bruhn
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brun
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brunn
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bun
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bunn
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byun
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c1
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chun
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chunn
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done
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donne
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dun
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dunn
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dunne
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erven
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everyone
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fun
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grandson
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gruhn
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grun
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gun
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gunn
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handgun
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homerun
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homespun
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huhn
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hun
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hunn
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hyun
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kun
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lajeune
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luhn
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lun
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lunn
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m1
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mcfun
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mcmunn
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mun
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munn
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none
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nuhn
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nun
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nunn
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one
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outdone
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outgun
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outrun
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overdone
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overrun
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puget-1
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pun
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rerun
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shotgun
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shun
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simeone
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someone
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son
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spun
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stepson
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stun
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sun
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terrebonne
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than
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thrun
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thun
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ton
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tonne
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un
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undone
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won
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youn
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yun