run the chance
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Fog, strong summer winds, the churning currents of the English Channel, make it far more risky than crossing the Atlantic, where at least yachts do not run the chance of going aground.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course, though, had the Germans opened fire on the professor from their trenches, they would have run the chance of killing their own three men, captives though the latter were.
From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Clarence Young
And perhaps if all matrimonial bargains were to be again distributed, it would be better for you to keep what you have than to run the chance of getting worse.
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Edward John Hardy
It seems to me that I run the chance of playing the cat's paw with all the flame for my share.
From By Right of Sword by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
But he could leave them where they are and run the chance of finding them when he gets out.
From Christopher and the Clockmakers by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
