Example Sentences

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Because that equity is not runnable, losses do not force fire sales or spread through funding markets in the way bank losses can.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

“That 16 miles of river is not runnable in a boat,” said Jonathan Yates, an avid kayaker who organized the protest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025

"You have to cope with the mountains, the night, hiking. You have to run fast on the flat, you have to be OK on technical terrain, in steep descents, runnable descents."

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2023

The kayaking team worked together, scouting ahead by walking along the riverbanks to make sure each section was runnable and free of hazardous logs that could damage or sink a boat.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2022

The farther down river we worked away from the lake, the shorter became the stretches of lining and the longer the rapids that were runnable.

From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)