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- verb Present participle of
chance .
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Examples
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But the idea of chancing another ride in the elderly estate car filled her with unease.
Stay Through The Night Mather, Anne 2006
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"It's all what Pete calls chancing it," he said to himself; "but we may succeed -- and we will."
Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris George Manville Fenn 1870
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Right on clockwork, the Bear of Little Brain arrives at my door, chancing his arm to see if he can get a free meal.
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Once, chancing into the room at the end of a Schumann song and just after Ware had departed, Graham found
CHAPTER XVII 2010
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After all, if the unemployed aren't willing or able to fill jobs that muscular stimulus might produce then there's little wisdom in borrowing more money or chancing inflation.
Untangling the Long-Term-Unemployment Crisis David Wessel 2011
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If you don't want your dog chancing getting killed, make sure it stays on your property.
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A minute later, chancing to open his eyes, he saw the whale-boat, full length, and saw right into it as it rose on the face of a wave.
Chapter 4 2010
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A Chesterfield, with an empty belly, chancing upon good fare, will gorge as faithfully as the swine in the next sty.
CHAPTER 20 2010
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That bold idea got me thinking … does the iPad have the potential of chancing the way airlines do business too?
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If you don't want your dog chancing getting killed, make sure it stays on your property.
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