run-up in a sentence

“A political party should not play such a cheap trick in a run-up to an election.

But there have been signs of discontent in the run-up to the anniversary of the 18-day revolt.

It’s almost guaranteed that the run-up to 2022 will be a treacherous minefield of political and social issues.

I was then called up to Iowa in the run-up to the 2008 caucuses, and found comforting similarities.

The Ukrainian army is still fighting them, and has taken dozens of casualties in the run-up to the election.

All these rules of thumb went by the wayside during the run-up to the financial crisis, she says.

Back then people played le longue – a form of boules that requires a three-step run-up.

Biden has been traveling heavily in the run-up to the election.

Bitcoins have also become a target of speculators betting on the currency’s continued run-up.

Bush holds a White House news conference in August 1990 during the run-up to war with Iraq.

But following Yelp’s 266% run-up in 2013, some traders wondered if the stock has come too far too fast.

Cummins said a simple adjustment to his run-up had also played a role in his ability to top the 90mph mark.

Dozens have died in the run-up to the election.

I asked him if the GOP-run Straw Poll will actually happen next summer in the run-up to the caucuses.

I got myself an experienced coach, Kevin Henderson, who trained me for four months in the run-up to the experiment.

I wore a gas mask in a sealed room in 1991 while on a diplomatic mission in the run-up to the first Gulf War.

In the run-up to a budget, I’d get asked on the street and in the grocery store whether I’d bought my new shoes yet.

In the run-up to both robberies, vehicles and registration plates had been stolen in Scotland and England.

In the run-up to elections, politicians, local vote captains and brokers go into action.

Look at Europe in the aftermath of World War Two, or the Indian sub-continent in the run-up to independence.

Only one newspaper, the Sunday Herald, came out in favour of leaving the UK in the run-up to September’s referendum.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had faced down detractors in his leftist Syriza government in the run-up to the vote.

Promotions in the run-up to Christmas were identified as a key factor.

Residential construction has been on the rise after a brief lull last year in the wake of a run-up in mortgage rates.

The Chicago Daily Tribune had referred to Truman as a “nincompoop” on its editorial page in the run-up to the election.

The terrorists had threatened to carry out attacks in the run-up to the feast of Tabaski.

The title, in Russian, translates to something close to “In the run-up to the Demon Olympics 2014.”

The Under 2 MOU is designed as a “template for the world’s nations to follow”, in the run-up to the Paris summit.

TRAPPEDIn the run-up to Chauhan’s suicide, conflict had been building on different fronts.

Turkish security forces also rounded up 20 suspected ISIS militants in and around Antalya in the run-up to the G-20.

Winning the councils would give it a powerful electoral base in the run-up to the presidential election in 17 months.

“A political party should not play such a cheap trick in a run-up to an election.

According to Herodotus, Queen Artemisia of Caria pointed this out to Xerxes in the run-up to Salamis.

But there have been signs of discontent in the run-up to the anniversary of the 18-day revolt.

Electric motors drove the propellers and allowed for an authentic run-up sequence.

Final Taylor and Mardle had exchanged some verbal battles in the run-up to the match.

His freakish action and his angular run-up showed that this was no run-of-the-mill spinner.

Pumping Iron is a 1977 documentary film about the run-up to the 1975 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition.

Unfortunately, things do not go entirely smoothly in the run-up to the celebration.