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

Dramatists like to depend on the programs for such information, but they run the chance that many auditors will not see the printed note.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

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

After all," said Horace, "I shouldn't care a straw to run the chance, as far as I am concerned.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various

Another is that the dog may acquire the "Toho" before he has run the chance of being cowed in learning the "Drop."

From The Dog by Dinks