RUN INTO Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

run into

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Definition of run into

as in find

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 encounter

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 run into Thirteen years into the AI revolution and three years into mass adoption of large language models and image models, that story ran into a problem. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Where Sensemaking Comes In Newcomers to any organization run into surprise after surprise. — Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The issue that wealthy investors run into with standard tax-loss harvesting is that fewer and fewer losses become available to harvest over time, according to an overview of TALS from advisor research platform Kitces. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Keller started 5-0 in 2021, 2022, and 2023, but each time ran into Carroll to end the streaks. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run into

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