run its course
idiom
—used to say that something begins, continues for a time, and then ends
The disease usually runs its course in a few days.
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Because the Supreme Court explicitly reserved judgment on the legal questions until the litigation can run its course, this court will not upend its own analysis on the basis of a procedural order that fails to address Humphrey's Executor or the FTC.
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Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
But by coincidence, fate or the shrewd (and very unlikely) influence of the series’ showrunners, McBee’s sentencing has been pushed back a couple of months and won’t happen until Season 2 has run its course.
—Mike Hendricks
july 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
Trump’s decisive loss in 2020, the outrage at his attempts to overturn the result and at the ensuing insurrection, and the strong performance by Democrats in the 2022 midterms all seemed to indicate that Trumpism had run its course.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Leavell said the slowdown in cases emphasized the epidemic had run its course for the time being.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
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Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
But by coincidence, fate or the shrewd (and very unlikely) influence of the series’ showrunners, McBee’s sentencing has been pushed back a couple of months and won’t happen until Season 2 has run its course.
—Mike Hendricks
july 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
Trump’s decisive loss in 2020, the outrage at his attempts to overturn the result and at the ensuing insurrection, and the strong performance by Democrats in the 2022 midterms all seemed to indicate that Trumpism had run its course.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Leavell said the slowdown in cases emphasized the epidemic had run its course for the time being.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
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“Run its course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20its%20course. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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