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The phrase "are running behind" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is taking longer than expected or planned. For example: "We are running behind on our deadline, so we will need to stay late to finish the report."
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Beach rentals on the Jersey Shore are running behind schedule as families try to guess when the weather roulette will come up bright and shiny for them.
Here are the growing costs of the projects at the design and planning phase: And here are ones under construction: No, as the chart below shows, most of the projects under construction are running behind schedule as well as over budget.
1pm: Since we are running behind, we skip cleanup to learn how to make chicken stock.
If you are running behind, make sure you marinate it for at least two hours.
'They are running behind on this,' he said.
Airport upgrades are running behind schedule too, and more than half are just temporary fixes.
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"I was running behind and saw him miss," Walker said.
Andrews was running behind; from Big Shanty the raiders were still 110 miles south of Chattanooga.
I was running behind, trying to catch up and turn them back into boys.
But the construction of five new piers to accommodate the trade is running behind, Toersilo explained.
"We were running behind in the mortgage, the car payments, the lights, the water, the phone.
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