How to Use run-up in a Sentence

run-up

1 of 2 noun
  • The recent run-up in rental rates looks to be in the rear-view mirror.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The massive run-up in the shares has made the stock expensive.
    — Aya Wagatsuma, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Yet that’s still a slowdown from a sharp run-up the past couple of years.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • In the clip, Travis, 34, is on a golf course getting ready to haul off on a tee shot in run-up Happy fashion.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The historic price run-up just ahead of the chocolate industry’s biggest day of the year has been months in the making.
    — Maya Huter, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • 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 topsy-turvy response owes in part to a run-up in stock prices that preceded the rate cut, experts said.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • There will be no long run-up to the season with hours spent preparing her mind and body to compete for 30-plus games.
    — Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • The big run-up in gold still has plenty of headroom left, according to Goldman Sachs.
    — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Despite the Trump win and the massive valuation run-up for comp Palantir.
    — Dan Primack, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • That, along with supply chain troubles, helped fuel the inflation run-up.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Food eaten at home was just 1.1% pricier last month than the same time last year, compared with the 2.6% average run-up in consumer prices overall.
    — Jing Feng, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • As the midfielder started his run-up, assistant coach David Webb held his breath, tightly huddled together with the rest of the team.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 17 June 2024
  • The Fed is also getting a concerning signal from the recent run-up in Americans’ expectations for inflation in the short run and in the long run.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025

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
  • Harbaugh has run up the score on some teams in the past.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Trump didn’t just run up the score in a number of blue states.
    — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The 10-year yield has run up rapidly and is due for a breather.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • From there, the Lancers put their foot on the petal and continue to run up the score.
    — Antonio Chaurand, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • My man Pretty Chi would run up and down and bring down the news.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 18 July 2022
  • The rest of the field of cross country runners started to run up the hill.
    — Lori Riley, courant.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • That doesn’t mean the Tigers will solely run up the gut, as Bobo was sure to point out.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The route is set to run up Broadway, through what’s known as the Canyon of Heroes.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Black bears are strong swimmers and tree climbers and can run up to 35 mph.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
  • Jim also drew on global events, such as the end of the Cold War and the run up to the first Gulf War.
    — Kevin Necessary, The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • The $30 million will fund phase one of the hub, expected to run up to 36 months.
    — Anthony Hennen | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Aug. 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 | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Close to Me: Jockey likes to run up front; this one won’t be on lead but close to front.
    — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Bridges didn't just run up and down the court in those 44 minutes, either.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Smith slipped a tackle and then ran up the right sideline in front of the Rams bench to midfield.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Look for the Colts to stiffen up for much of this game and disallow Rodgers to run up the score.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • And then one of them would run up and need a Band-Aid or whatever.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The fan tried to make an escape by running up the aisle, but he was caught and removed from the stadium.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Workflows run up to 50% faster on average compared to older devices.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

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