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Fehily, who will turn 35 on Christmas Eve and is in his 16th season with a licence, is respected for his skills in the saddle but has hardly ever been associated with a big-name runner.
Noel Fehily booked for King George Chase ride on favourite Kauto Star Chris Cook 2010
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Those guys included Billy Volek at quarterback and Michael Turner as the main runner.
USATODAY.com 2007
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And then that vendor then would pass that information to another individual known as a runner.
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So does the agent for whom the man reportedly worked as a "runner."
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Let's not even talk about kids, especially esl kids, not understanding that particular definition of "runner."
Johnny_Mango Foretells The Future: APS Test Scores Plunge! Parents Ask For Reason. johnny_mango 2005
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At last he finished his letter and gave it to his "runner."
Over the Top Arthur Guy Empey 1923
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And he thrust a quarter into the hand of the astonished "runner."
The Rope Dance 1916
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One of the inspectors says the chief evil in this solicitation business is the so-called "runner."
Aliens or Americans? 1895
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Fires were literally of nightly occurrence, and that they were invariably by night was due to the incendiary "runner."
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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This young man, who was scarcely turned of five-and-twenty, had already obtained a high reputation among the numerous tribes of his nation, as a messenger, or "runner."
Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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