Run-up

"Run-up" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Take a run-up and jump over the fence.

In the run-up to one of the busiest periods of the year, the drivers are threatening to disrupt supply chains if the Spanish government does not meet its demands, which include safer rest areas and a ban on requiring truckers to load and unload goods.

The plight of child migrants in Spain is being highlighted once again, this time in the run-up to a possible snap election later this year that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who leads a fragile minority government, may decide to call.

Jasprit Bumrah has the most unique run-up in the history of cricket.

But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.

The candidates were very nervous in the run-up to the election.

Politicians on TikTok will no longer be able to use the app tipping tools, nor access advertising features on the social network, as the company tightens its policies around political issues in the run-up to the US midterm elections in six weeks’ time.

Further trials and commissioning of the newly laid track will take place in the run-up to the launch of passenger services in June.

Economists expect a run-up of long-term interest rates.

A Price Run-Up for Run-Down Communes [title]

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I found sand pushed all the way to the edge of my home by the run-up of Wednesday's tsunami.

Historical records of tsunamis in this region are available for the last 400 years, and the run-up heights of historical tsunamis at Koyadori were estimated and measured"

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