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  • This launched a small-scale fightback and a sizzling break by Aaron Cowie and a copybook final pass gave Duncan a run-in.
  • Even some of Hollywood's grungiest dudes seem to manage a quick run-in with the Sonicare, despite being unable to find a clean shirt, shave, or wash their hair more than once a week. I Love Your Smile - Or, Discrimination In The Workplace
  • This means more bear sightings, more run-ins with humans and increasing property damage.
  • He looked beaten on the run-in, and was being hampered by a loose horse, but rallied gamely for a thrilling triumph.
  • We identified the man as some nameless street scavenger who had a few run-ins with local law enforcement.
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  • The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees.
  • While many would argue, in rebuttal, that saving grizzlies from extinction in the Lower 48 States has, in fact, been a major conservation success story and a sign of hope for dwindling wild carnivore populations around the world, Fischer suggests that because the bruins have had dangerous mortal run-ins with people and prey upon domestic livestock, that the rare creatures should be eliminated. Todd Wilkinson: Idaho Pastor Calls For 'Open Season' on Yellowstone Grizzlies
  • The 18-carat bicolour gold nib which is 'run-in' by hand is available in medium (M), fine (F) and broad (B) nib widths. May 2007 - Fareastgizmos.com
  • I have connected with nuclear non-proliferation activists, had run-ins with belligerent drug dealers and -- believe it or not -- mingled with a nudist or two! Leon Logothetis: The Babysitting Chronicles: Listen and Love
  • I realised what it was: a space shuttle entering the atmosphere on its final run-in to earth.
  • Feeling scorned, Melissa had planned to flee yet another meeting in order to avoid an embarrassing run-in with Jon-Marc.
  • Blackwater changed its name to Xe - pronounced "zee" - early last year in an effort to shed the negative baggage acquired from its frequent run-ins with Iraqi, Afghan, U.S. and NATO forces. CommonDreams.org Headlines
  • Run-in with Ichiro leaves teen 'starstruck' - Girl has surprise encounter in outfielder's chase for foul ball - SEATTLE - A teenage fan sitting in a seat near the right-field foul line at Safeco Field had an interesting "meeting" with Ichiro Suzuki in the first inning Thursday night. Ballbug
  • It could fill them with confidence for the run-in and be the catalyst for the Gunners to end their trophy drought. The Sun
  • It is right-handed, just over 1m 6f round with a 2 ½ furlong run-in on the round course - there is also a straight mile course.
  • The Curragh is a right-handed horseshoe shaped course with a circuit of two miles with no sharp bends and a straight run-in of three furlongs uphill.
  • Gathering himself at the start of his run-in with three walking steps, he would approach the wicket with nine mastodontic strides. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
  • The human lexicon of myths repeatedly chronicles mankind’s run-ins with the deadlier forces of nature. An Interview with Thomas Steinbeck
  • The current assignment is really in the nature of a run-in for you, but now that you're back in harness I shall have other uses for you. A SONG AT TWILIGHT
  • Blackwater changed its name to Ze -- pronounced "zee" - early last year in an effort to shed the negative baggage acquired because of its frequent run-ins with Iraqi, Afghan, U.S. and NATO forces. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILL FISHER
  • But after the previous night's run-in on the bridge, I felt a more personal interest in the case. KICK BACK
  • Sorry for the schmear-my lens had a run-in with BBQ sauce Tri Tip Grill May Be The Best Thing in Rock Center | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
  • In 2001, two weeks after the state had announced that a few wild cougars might be present, a run-in between car and cougar provided wildlife officials with the first tangible evidence of the cat's existence.
  • The track is a right-handed 1m3f circuit with an uphill run-in.
  • And while many fans read the short blurb as a shock, others saw this coming as clearly as a run-in chair shot.
  • Home from NYC, musing about that and an India that has changed, I had my once-in-several-months run-in with a journalist I know.
  • He didn't wait for any questions, but said immediately, `Dad warned me he'd told you about the - the run-in I had with Mr Mortlake. UNTO THE GRAVE
  • For all the gnatty, dark details of Moses’s run-in with Pharaoh, read Exodus 5–14. Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible
  • Jason Shultz has witnessed what he calls a fabulous presentation 9MB MP3on the band's legal run-in with Sony over the composition rights to the Beatles songs they parodied and how Lars Ulrich redeemed himself from the dark days of fighting Napster by defending the band's fair use. B2fxxx
  • The 24-year-old central defender will miss a promotion run-in and a breakthrough on the international scene.
  • If it was still in doubt after recovering from his painful and career - threatening injury, the Spaniard proved his mettle with a magnificent, nerveless run-in.
  • They also plan on dodging any more run-ins with the fuzz.
  • In the past 14 months on the job he has had more than a few run-ins with deadly snakes, including having a copperhead curl up near his bare feet in his small apartment in the ranch's horse barn.
  • It could fill them with confidence for the run-in and be the catalyst for the Gunners to end their trophy drought. The Sun
  • It turns out that Midge, over the past few years, has turned into a heroin junkie and in fact tracked down Don and staged a fake run-in to try to lure him into buying a painting to pay for her next fix. Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Don Strikes Back
  • By his own account, his nephew is no choirboy, he has had his run-ins with the law - at least two court cases are pending.
  • I did not relish a run-in with the "cupper," having no idea what it was intended to cup. Archive 2010-08-01
  • Michael got drunk and had a run-in with the police.
  • They offered their team the pace and width that could prove crucial in the run-in. The Sun
  • It takes only a long click on the application icon then selecting / deselecting the run-in compatibility mode icon to give it a try.
  • For uninterested spectators scattered about the arena, they are also a distraction from tennis that does not consistently enthral at this Cincinnati Masters, an old tournament admirably spruced up and repackaged to make a fit with the run-in to the US Open. Andy Murray snuffs out recovery by Jérémy Chardy to win in Cincinnati
  • •Jin washes up on shore, has a run-in with what he believes to be Others but turns out to be tail-section survivors. 'Lost': When are we?
  • The pair have had a series of run-ins on the show and the loathing is mutual. The Sun
  • The label tried to coach her on deportment after she had some nasty run-ins with the press -- she once invited a reporter to step outside to settle their differences -- though it didn't seem to have much effect. MUCH OBLIGED
  • Those who claim that the anticipated absence of promotion and relegation makes the season's run-in meaningless have obviously not shared a chinwag with Ian McCall in recent weeks.
  • I moved my shoulders and shook my hips in a little dance as the run-in music started.
  • In a previous run-in with the law, police had gunned down Edward several years ago.
  • Ships of our navy have had occasional run-ins with pirates and marauders, but war for us is like the vaguest memory.
  • Her left cheek bears a deep and unsightly scar; not the result of a violent punter, but a run-in with another prostitute.
  • Name in club folklore thanks to his happy knack of scoring vital goals in the run-in. The Sun
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  • The FDA has had a run-in with Allergan before, condemning it for advertisements that it said suggested the drug was effective for unapproved uses.
  • And of course, St. Brendan, my favorite of saints, had a famous run-in with a whale, as described in the Navigatio sancti Brendani abbatis which can be found in a nineteenth century translation here: Archive 2008-06-01
  • After yet another run-in with Danny Jenkins at school, she had turned to her older brother for advice. KISS OF THE BEES
  • I'd heard about the balayage technique, but after a disastrous run-in with bleach as a teen I was afraid of highlights and thought I'd be better off boring brown.
  • My first bad run-in with the university administration occurred in the dying days of my first year.
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  • After a three month dietary run-in period patients were stratified on the basis of fasting plasma glucose concentration and body weight.
  • If I had some pasture fenced off and a run-in shed, I could untack and let the horses do their thing while I worked. Changing space
  • Perhaps unsurprisingly his first run-in with the law wasn't long in coming. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sure, a run-in on the streets of Manhattan might stop your heart, but after Peter Jackson's extensive humanization of the great ape, he's just not all that scary any more.
  • Similarly, my sole run-in with ketamine, a PCP-like anesthetic qua party drug called Special K, was decidedly nonrecreational. Chicago Reader

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