How to pronounce ran
Listen to ran in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ran” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 655 American · 755 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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tornadoes ran through there.
NOAA · watch from 3:38 · hear it here
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We ran the survey and we also ran a number of focus groups.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 28:05 · hear it here
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Donaldson, who ran the unit.
UK Parliament · watch from 30:55 · hear it here
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Thank you ran good Johnson.
Dept of Justice · watch from 18:42 · hear it here
Why real speech
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