runners
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Other writers have focused on the Confederacy’s efforts to export cotton to Europe, often via blockade runners who shuttled between the mainland and neutral Caribbean ports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The Guardian reported that lawyers representing David Walliams said he has never been warned or "got into trouble" for messaging runners and deny that he behaved inappropriately and harassed young women in the workplace.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The course keeps runners along the water for most of the race, but near the end, leads them up a steep hill, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
One of the runners who went to hospital told local news outlet KEYT-TV that they had lost consciousness and could not remember parts of the race.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Outside were cabs and taxis and a line of hotel runners.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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