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Run afoul

"Run afoul" in a Sentence (2 examples)

At last we hove in sight of the Pacific, and run afoul one of those villainous head winds which you know often set into the west end of the Straits.

Propellers can run afoul in heavy seaweed, and ships are said to be afoul when they collide.

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