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
The chill of it has struck the little ones, and they do not care to run the chance of the scolding they would receive if they showed too much interest in us.
From Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India by Carmichael, Amy
We’ll go pretty close, so as not to run the chance of missing.
From The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger by Graydon, William Murray
I was not sure whether you would come this way, Martin, but I thought I would run the chance.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
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 Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
