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+name: Run examples
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: main
+  pull_request:
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Build
+      run: cargo build --verbose
+    - name: Upload
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ixa-build-${{ github.run_id }}
+        path: .
+        
+  run_examples:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        example: [basic-infection, births-deaths, load-people, network-hhmodel, parameter-loading, random, reports,  reports-multi-threaded, runner, time-varying-infection]
+    steps:
+    - name: Download the artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ixa-build-${{ github.run_id }}
+    - name: Run the example
+      run: cargo run --example ${{ matrix.example }}