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No defects to be afraid of, for the double shell is as firm as iron; no rigging to attend to; no sails for the wind to carry away; no boilers to burst; no fire to fear, for the vessel is made of iron, not of wood; no coal to run short, for electricity is the only mechanical agent; no collision to fear, for it alone swims in deep water; no tempest to brave, for when it dives below the water it reaches absolute tranquillity. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context Clearly, at some time in the Long-Ago of human decay the Morlocks' food had run short. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context As often happens in these large families, a distinct dividing-line could be traced, about half-way in the succession, where the money for educational purposes had run short, and the six younger children had grown up far more economically than the elder. Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context			run off run off at the mouth run off in all directions run off with run on run on all cylinders run onto run out run out at run out of run out of gas run out of some place run out of steam run out of time run out on run out the clock run over run over to run over with run ragged run rampant run rhymes run rings around run riot run scared run short Run that by again run the gamut run the gantlet run the gauntlet run the good race run the risk run the show run through run to run to earth run to ground run up run up against run up the flagpole run up to some place run with run with it run with the hare and hunt with the hounds run-of-the-mill runaround rung running running high running on empty running on fumes			run rings around someone run rings round run rings round run rings round run rings round run rings round run rings round Run Riot Run Riot run risks run risks run risks run risks run risks run roughshod run roughshod over run roughshod over someone or something run round in circles run round in circles run round in circles run round in circles run round in circles run round in circles Run Run Shaw Library Run Sarah Run run scared run scared run scared run scared run scared run short run short of run short of run short of run short of run something at full blast run something by the book run something in Run Ss User Launchpad Run Steel Run Steel Run support run swiftly run tests on Run that by again Run the Bank Run the Business run the chance Run the Freak Away run the gamut run the gantlet run the gantlet run the gantlet run the gauntlet run the good race Run The Mother Flippin' Call Run the Risk Run the Risk Run the Risk Run the Risk Run the Risk

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