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Meanings of runner in English
In baseball, a member of the team at bat who runs around the bases.
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Examples for "ski"
Examples for "ski"
1
Friendship Travel has ski 'house parties' for single skiers, with no supplement.
2
Others had different goals: to cycle across America or to ski again.
3
Even the best ski mountaineers and guides thought it impossible to attempt.
4
They can see things in the water that a jet-ski simply cannot.
5
I learned how to cross-country ski and didn't miss any work days.
Spanish
corremesa 
Portuguese
contrabandista Catalan
traficant Someone who imports or exports without paying the lawful customs charges or duties.
Usage of runner in English
1
David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, was runner-up for the second successive year.
2
He's a good hard runner, a great zone runner with great vision.
3
No recent year has been so short of an obvious front runner.
4
Last year Ireland's outstanding marathon runner Catherina McKiernan won the national prize.
5
He's a power runner and his feet never stop going, Zimmer said.
6
Are Liverpool or Manchester City on course for a record runner-up season?
7
In the market for a new table runner, or napkins or placemats?
8
Both trail Democratic front-runner former Vice President Joe Biden in opinion polls.
9
Front-runner Jair Bolsonaro has surged in opinion polls in the past week.
10
They said they'd send a runner if they decide to accept her.
11
Italy's Ferrero is seen as a front-runner, according to several other sources.
12
The winner was the most popular runner in terms of money held.
13
The grain was put into the opening in the runner by hand.
14
I was runner-up in the Irish Kennel Club Labrador competition that year.
15
A well-fuelled runner reduces their risk of hitting the dreaded marathon 'wall'.
16
Historians suggest later pharaohs simply designated a younger runner to represent them.
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Translations for runner
Runner through the time
Runner across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
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