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The phrase "a runner in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to someone who participates in a running event or is involved in a specific context related to running.
Example: "She is a runner in the upcoming marathon, training hard every day to improve her speed."
Alternatives: "a participant in" or "an athlete in".
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He showed typical toughness under pressure, ending four innings with a runner in scoring position.
Even Hunter was impressed by Pettitte, who ended three innings with a runner in scoring position.
He wiggled free from jams, ending four of the first five innings with a runner in scoring position.
He was almost untouchable: the Mets went the final eight innings without putting a runner in scoring position.
The Red Sox had chances against Wells, leaving a runner in scoring position in four of his innings.
Pettitte struck out five batters through seven and a third innings, and he picked off a runner in the fifth.
Overall, the Falcons placed a runner in scoring position in five of eight innings.
It's like having a runner in cricket.
He was also a runner, in a family of runners.
"It's like a runner in the 100 meters jogging".
People would do a runner in my dad's restaurant.
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