Run
Sailed
Both words in one sentence
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One example from "The Duchess and the Devil" when Horatio's little prize ship has sailed into a fleet of Spanish warships, and he is sizing up their chances should it come to a fight:Horatio (lightly): But I imagine it would be a damn close-run thing.
Source: Series / Horatio Hornblower
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