Similar words: run up, run upon, run up to, run up against, unused, lunula, eunuch, unusual. Meaning: n. 1. a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time 2. the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed run up. v. 1. pile up (debts or scores) 2. raise 3. fasten by sewing; do needlework 4. accumulate as a debt 5. make by sewing together quickly.
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(31) Taking an absurdly long run-up, I scuffed my first attempt so badly that it trickled past the left-hand post.
(32) Political campaigning goes on all the time of course, not just in the run-up to a major election.
(33) This probably sounds like a run-up to a full-scale attack on Oxford and academic knowledge.
(34) His switch to off-cutters from a reduced run-up suddenly had the ball popping off the wicket and the bat.
(35) The prime minister's spin doctors paid great attention to women's magazines during the run-up to the poll.
(36) Meanwhile, political and ethnic strife in Bosnia have steadily mounted in the run-up to nationwide elections there on September 14.
(37) While the sale will go through the contentious issue will re-emerge in the run-up to an expected spring election.
(38) an increase in spending in the run-up to Christmas.
(39) Resolving the contradiction will require the mastery of words of Leo Tolstoy, author of the epic novel War and Peace about the run-up to the unsuccessful invasion of Russia by Napoleon.
(40) So, in the run-up to the election, we're calling on all political parties and on the current government to put an end to the criminalisation of soliciting.
(41) In the monthlong run-up to South Africa's World Cup, platitudes and speeches were the rule of each day.
(42) The autosuggestion integrates mark run may enhance accuracy of run-up to a great extent.
(43) As a resolute technophobe(sentencedict.com), Buffett sat out the incredible run-up in technology stocks during the late 1990s.
(44) Airline shares were hard hit, with the Arca Airline Index .XAL shedding 5.39 percent after a recent run-up.
(45) Use method:Sargent jump with two feet or one feet with the help of a run-up. In the meantime , stretch out the arm to touch the height marker.
(46) The bizarre deal is part of a long-term project in the run-up to the centenary of the Dada artistic movement in 2016.
(47) "Given that we had a pretty good run-up in prices, some downward adjustment shouldn't be surprising, " he says.
(48) James Murray, an analyst at the web metrics firm, expects traffic to keep rising in the run-up to the wedding, although it might not achieve that initial peak again.
(49) Based on documentation, Law expert interviews and analysis "J" curve Fosbury Flop in the run-up to the role and training methods for analysis, for your reference.
(50) The value of the Chinese stockmarket tops $1 trillion, but after a huge run-up at the start of this year the market fell when officials sought to calm down overexcited retail investors.
(50) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
(51) In the run-up to the poll, human rights groups accuse Beijing of creating a "climate of fear" aimed at skewing the result.
(52) Then, in the run-up to the V-day anniversary, his countenance began its comeback.
(53) Based on model tests, the effect of the berm width and elevation of composite slope on irregular wave run-up is analyzed.
(54) In particular, modern Fosbury flop technique, which requires high-speed run-up to complete rapid take-off movements, athletes must have a strong support for the strength and high-power explosive.
(55) An adult Grus americana makes a splashing run-up to flight through a marsh in Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park.
(56) The decline in short interest arguably removes a component of what has built the run-up in stocks. Fewer short positions means less potential short covering.
(57) In fact, a correction of that magnitude would be typical of the kind of retreat that markets show after a 37% run-up in about 40 trading days.
(58) Changhua Wu, the group's greater China director, said Chinese members joining was important in the run-up to a hoped-for international agreement in Copenhagen in 2009 to cut emissions.
(59) The Commodity Research Bureau index of commodity prices has given back about 40 percent of its dizzying run-up from January 2007 to July 2008.
(60) The issue of the monarchy is complicating politics in the run-up to the elections.
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