Runup

On the morning of Saturday, December 2, Rivera and a relative, who knew even less about DC-7s than he did, took the plane out for what was called a runup, meaning they would taxi around the airstrip, warming up the engines, but not try to fly it. ❋ DAVID MARANISS (2010)

You know about all this stuff better than I, but all my other sites work and never experience the problems SP has had in runup to this election the last month. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Now interest rates are creeping up, making for bigger mtg. payments, the price runup is grinding to a halt. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Also fueling the runup are the U.S. midterm election results. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Next, the peak of the wave hits the shore - a process called runup. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The plan is to sell off rights to access many of the country's mineral deposits over the next three years in the runup to transition in 2014 – potentially releasing a vast amount of revenue for the Afghan economy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The suspense was intense in the runup to the release of nearly 24,000 pages of emails from the first two years of her term as governor, the result of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits by media companies. ❋ L. Gordon Crovitz (2011)

But the combination of Coburn's comments, the very public infighting in Gingrich's inner circle and Fox News' suspension decision make this a less than ideal runup to a national bid for the Georgia Republican. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Seasonal "savings"In the runup to Christmas, retail giants push "2 for 1" and "3 for £10" deals on party food, gifts and Christmas decorations. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Political analysts believe the Kremlin wants to ensure Khodorkovsky is not released in the runup to the 2012 presidential elections. ❋ Tom Parfitt In Moscow (2010)

Some of the drop in commodities no doubt comes from investors unwinding positions after a sharp runup in prices. ❋ Peter Stein (2011)

Police launched their "robust" strategy for the carnival in the runup to the event, making more than 40 pre-emptive arrests. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He argues that the UK's 2008 Climate Change Act – the most ambitious legally binding emissions targets in the world – along with actions such as its early engagement with China on global warming put the UK at the forefront of global negotiations on climate action in the runup to the UN summit in Copenhagen in 2009. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Holy Flying Circus is not a biopic, but a fantastical reimagining of the Pythons' struggle with censorship in the runup to the release of Life of Brian, she added. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They want teachers and other public sector workers to lose a day's pay in the runup to Christmas. ❋ Unknown (2011)

High street spending is weak in the runup to Christmas, according to the CBI, which said sales activity had dipped for a sixth successive month. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But tempers were stoked, not smoothed, when the foreign secretary, William Hague, began the long runup to the 10pm vote by appearing to ridicule the rebels on Radio 4's Today programme. ❋ Unknown (2011)