run the chance

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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

They were small landed proprietors or lairds, who had squandered their patrimony in idleness and dissipation, and were willing to run the chance of retrieving their ruined fortunes at any risk.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

“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.

Far better to lose a bird, a thing I detest doing, than run the chance of spoiling a young dog.

From The Dog by Dinks