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ran

1 American  
[ran] / ræn /

verb

  1. simple past tense of run.


Ran 2 American  
[rahn] / rɑn /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.


RAN 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Royal Australian Navy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ran 2 British  
/ ræn /

verb

  1. the past tense of run

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But Abel wrote that Weschler would manage 6% of the investments, including a part of what Combs had run—not much changed from what he ran before.

From Barron's

The answer was yes, and so we hopped out of the vehicle and ran with excitement.

From Los Angeles Times

In a neighborhood housing migrant laborers in Qatar, people ran screaming as a projectile fell from the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal

What will endure, according to his successor as CEO, is how he ran his businesses, and how he treated shareholders as partners.

From MarketWatch

Based in London for most of that time, Stern ran his own business, but he often called Epstein "boss".

From BBC