run its course

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Since Mr. Xi embarked on the property correction in August 2020, Beijing has tried to steer the economic rebalancing carefully—sometimes allowing fate to run its course by bankrupting some companies or stressing some local governments overexposed to off-balance-sheet real-estate lending, other times arresting the decline with old-style policy hacks such as credit subsidies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dementia is a special illness, and it can take a long time to run its course.

From MarketWatch

Some believe Amorim could have handled the Garnacho situation better, although the Argentina international is yet to impress on a consistent basis at Chelsea, while Rashford's time at his boyhood club seemed to have run its course.

From BBC

“There is simply no indication that the current investment cycle has run its course, and there is plenty of evidence that the spenders intend to keep spending for at least a couple more years,” the analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal

So this conflict has yet to run its course.

From BBC