RUNNING INTO Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

running into

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present participle of run into

as in finding

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance They ran into a new set of problems as soon as they thought everything was fixed.

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as in encountering

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face The woman ran into her boss at the grocery store.

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Recent Examples of running into Charging documents said both suspects were then seen on video running into a nearby home before eventually escaping through the back of the house. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 The president’s rosy view is running into anxiety about the cost of living and fallout from the war in Iran. — Josh Wingrove, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 That's a very tight timeline, but Katalyst hit it, getting LINK ready by its launch date and checking off a number of commissioning milestones before running into trouble. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The two strangers keep running into each other during 12 hours of messy mayhem in New York City. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Martha Stewart discussed running into Meghan Markle at a dinner party in a new interview. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026 The rush was captured in images and videos that showed migrants swimming or floating on tubes from the Moroccan side Thursday and others breaking through a gate on land and running into the Spanish city. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 31 July 2026 Some of them took off rolling and spinning and running into each other. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 The Heat and Bucks’ summer league teams are both practicing at Resorts World Las Vegas, which led to Adebayo and Herro running into each other on Friday morning. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

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Tlaib, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, will appear alongside fellow socialists Oliver Larkin, who is challenging Moskowitz, and Elijah Manley, who is running against Wasserman Schultz.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
Our executive producers are running against the clock trying to get all the moving pieces.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of running against

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Clark actually received an eighth after accidentally bumping into an official, but the league later rescinded it.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
The motorcycle continued moving down the ramp, bumping into the guard rail and stopping on the exit ramp, law enforcement recorded.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of bumping into

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