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  • adverb During a run.

Etymologies

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mid- +‎ run

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Examples

  • I recall stopping with my teammate Steve at a store to buy ice cream sandwiches midrun during track practice.

    Long May You Run Chris Cooper 2010

  • I started laughing midrun because it hit me, wow, I must be really serious about this [to give up that invitation].

    Campaigning for a Healthier America 2007

  • The night editor caught it in midrun, and the headline was hastily changed to the clichéd ‘All Must Share the Burden’ as a last-minute sub for the rest of the run.

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • The night editor caught it in midrun, and the headline was hastily changed to the clichéd ‘All Must Share the Burden’ as a last-minute sub for the rest of the run.

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • Caris heard the slam of the door at the bottom of the stairs and swore again, called to mind in midrun that the door did in fact open out into the kitchen, tucked his head and his arm, and hurled himself straight off the steps at it with all the momentum he could summon.

    The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

  • For the third year running, the group will incorporate performance art into its opening and midrun receptions.

    NYT > Home Page By SUSAN HODARA 2011

  • Freedman's interactive piece is part of a midrun reception.

    NYT > Home Page By SUSAN HODARA 2011

  • Gloria Naylor's short stories, now midrun at the Celebration Theatre; and a one-woman autobiographical stand-up (and change costume) routine written and performed by

    LA Weekly | Complete Issue 2010

  • Jeremy Piven said his decision to abruptly leave the Broadway revival of Speed-the-Plow in midrun because of mercury poisoning was "a completely humbling experience."

    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette stories 2009

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