running through

Moving across quickly

Running through covers several related ideas of passing completely through something.

You can run through a list or presentation, covering each item in sequence: Let me run through the main points.

To run through money is to spend it quickly and completely.

A theme or quality runs through something when it appears throughout: A sense of unease runs through the whole novel.

Running someone through means stabbing them with a blade that passes entirely through the body.

penetrating

piercing

Penetrating or very sharp

bisecting · intersecting · transecting · threading · coursing

rehearsing

practicing

Repeated skill refinement

blocking · rehearsing · dry run · staging · prep · practice session · table read · dress rehearsal

continuous

stream

Steady continuous flow

seamless · ongoing · sustained · persistent · constant · recurring · thread · narrative · motif · theme

pervasive

permeating

Spreading throughout completely

infusing · pervading · filling · embedded · ingrained · endemic · deeply rooted

exhausting

depleting

Progressively using up

squandering · blowing · draining · dissipating · frittering · wasting · finishing off

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continuity/pervasiveness

running throughlocalized

Restricted to one place

compartmentalized · disconnected · fragmented · punctuating

penetration/passage

running throughskirting around

Avoiding by going around

avoiding · going around · circumventing · bypassing · circling

resource usage

running throughconserving

Protecting from depletion

hoarding · stockpiling · preserving · accumulating · rationing

Family

running, runner, runners, runny, through, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughness

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