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
“Dartnell, who is to lead you, is a smart officer, and by all accounts the Zulus are mustering pretty thick in the neighbourhood, so that you will run the chance of some sharp fighting.”
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
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
He can't run the chance of smashing into the planetary system at the speed he's going.
From Empire by Simak, Clifford D.
As I went through Leicester Square lately I was going to call and buy you some, but not knowing but you might have some I would not run the chance of buying duplicates.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
