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Celebrities, athletes use social media to #RunWithMaud

ATLANTA — Supporters across the country are running 2.23 miles Friday on what would have been Ahmaud Arbery’s 26th birthday.

The number 2.23 signifies the date Arbery was shot and killed in a Brunswick neighborhood. Arbery’s family and friends said he had been out for an afternoon jog when he was targeted and killed.

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Many celebrities, athletes and other leaders are using their large social media followings to bring attention to this story.

Here are just some of the well-known people taking part in the movement: