Used to describe encountering an ongoing obstacle or difficulty while trying to complete something.
“We're running into some resistance from the neighbors about the noise.”
“We're running into a scheduling conflict with the other department.”
This phrase describes a problem in progress, which fits naturally into the give-and-take of a Problem Solving dialogue where speakers describe what's going wrong before proposing a fix. Notice the noun that follows 'running into' — it usually names the exact obstacle a question will ask about.
Synonyms: we're facing, we're dealing with, we're encountering