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When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground.

A failed morale check is always bad, but it's worse if the creature immediately runs off the board without getting an opportunity to rally.

In the midst of his anguish, there is a call over his radio. He's needed again, and he runs off -- with apologies -- to go back to work.

If a thief runs off with one of your bags, you're left with a choice of stopping the criminal or protecting your remaining luggage.

As time goes by you start to read each other's runs off the ball and movements the understanding develops.

Shaun Wright-Phillips - Terrified at the sight of the snake bearing down on him, he runs off.

Otherwise the water runs off the surface and gets wasted.

Coyote of the "Road Runner" cartoons, who runs off the cliff and finds himself suspended in air before dropping to the valley floor.

At the moment excess gunk runs off into rivers, gathers in lakes and produces toxic blooms of algae.

Similarly, floods and droughts are symptoms of a carbon cycle gone wrong: when soil is compacted or eroded, rain evaporates or runs off.

One runs off to call 911; Don weakly begs them not to call anybody before passing out.

The water that runs off the hillsides, meanwhile, also increases peak river flows, eroding the banks and raising the risk of landslides.

The water that runs off the land during precipitation cuts small channels.

The robot platform runs off of two separate battery packs, which share only a ground.

Suddenly, the man sees Jack, fires at him and runs off.

He's needed again, and he runs off -- with apologies -- to go back to work.

Coming this summer: a Javelin system that runs off the natural voltage difference between a tree and the soil.

She runs off as well. Arthas begins on a quest to purge zombies from town.

then runs off when he realizes he has not brought enough money to pay for the book he picked.

Using a Mobile Solar Station provided by Stellar Solar, Purdy Tree Farms' Christmas tree lot officially runs off renewable energy.

Without the trees, fires spread easily, and rain during the wet season runs off rather than being retained in the peat.

I walk with Helen. Laura hugs me apologetically and runs off to her music class at the other end ofthe building.

Impervious surfaces, like roofs of buildings, sidewalks and parking lots, don't absorb the rainwater the way soil does. The water runs off.

The time runs off in a hurry, but I am the whole are all at mark time originally!

The envisioned 30-story "vertical farm" runs off of solar power, wind power, and inedible plant waste. Irrigation comes from the sewage.

So, if you spill your drink, this is what happens, it just runs off. The trousers aren't even damp.

The motor runs off new lithium polymer batteries made by LG Chem.

In addition, as it runs off fields it can contaminate water supplies and produce nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.

She runs off with nothing.

It runs off a car battery.

Now I know what to do. (He runs off. ) M: Hey, come back!

While in Japan, Honda is testing a car that runs off of water, it may be 3-10 years before it is available in mass production.