unsuccessful run

collocation in English

meaningsofunsuccessfulandrun

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unsuccessful
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl/us
/ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl/
not achieving the hoped for result; ...
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run
noun
uk
/rʌn/us
/rʌn/
the action of running, especially ...
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(Definition ofunsuccessfulandrunfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1985, he made anunsuccessfulrunfor the presidency, obtaining a fraction of one percent of the vote.
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He served two two-year terms before making anunsuccessfulrunto be elected governor in 1920.
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He was elected for the first time in 2004 after anunsuccessfulrunin 2003.
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She was retired from racing after a single,unsuccessfulrunas a four-year-old.
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It remained standing and sound after his death in 1872, following hisunsuccessfulrunfor president.
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He was defeated in 1920, and after anotherunsuccessfulrunin 1925 retired from politics.
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After hisunsuccessfulrunfor reelection in 1940, he resumed the practice of law, but soon ran again.
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He was elected for the first time in 1993 after anunsuccessfulrunin 1990.
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He made his first run for public office in 1942, anunsuccessfulrunfor district attorney.
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Harvat lost election to a third term, and made anunsuccessfulrunfor the council in 1935.
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He opted to not run for re-election in 2012 in the newly drawn district and instead mounted anunsuccessfulrunin, which includes almost all of his state senate district.
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Carney had anunsuccessfulrunfor school board in 1995.
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He made three unsuccessful runs for office between 1976 and 1980.
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Of his unsuccessful runs, he said that winning office may not have been his goal.
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He was elected for the first time in 1976 as an independent after unsuccessful runs in 1969 and 1972.
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Following his second term as governor, his political influence began to wane as he made three more unsuccessful runs for governor in 1963, 1967, and 1971.
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Mecham served one term as a state senator before beginning a string of unsuccessful runs for public office.
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