run the chance
Example Sentences
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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
“We shall have to make for the nearest port, I fear, after all, or run the chance of starving,” said Adair.
From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor
And I prefer to be robbed of a few beeves again rather than run the chance of being burned out by those scoundrels.
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell
There is only one way to dispose of a picture in America, and that is, to raffle it; the Americans will then run the chance of getting it.
From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick
He can't run the chance of smashing into the planetary system at the speed he's going.
From Empire by Simak, Clifford D.
