The phrase "a running of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to an event or occurrence, often related to a race or a series of activities.
Example: "The annual event includes a running of the bulls, which attracts thousands of spectators each year."
Alternatives: "a race of" or "an event of".
The demands of winning the war required an unparalleled intervention in a running of the economy and in the operations of social life, particularly when the radical Liberal Lloyd George took power in 1916.
There will also be readings, book signings and the Papas themselves will take part in a "running of the bulls" event, a tongue-in-cheek homage to the author's love of the bull ring, using bull replicas.
The "Kazakh" actors clearly have no idea about the outrageous things Borat is saying about them, and Baron Cohen crowns proceedings by staging a "running of the Jew", supposedly a regular local pastime.
He borrowed about 10 young, roughly 50-pound porkers from a local farmer, gathered them outside the restaurant and prodded them to scurry down a short alley and around the block, for an event that he described as a "running of the pigs".
Not that you also need move on – the local bullring has a running of the bulls, there are plenty of horse treks or boat tours to take through this marshy land and the sea is just about the right temperature for the first swim of the year.
Along with smallpox and Catholicism came the centuries-old tradition of the corrida de toros, translated directly as "a running of the bulls".
An article on Thursday about a running-of-the-bulls event in Arizona misstated the connection between People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and an annual event in New Orleans in which a roller derby team chases runners.
She has no intention, she told Parliament, of giving "a running commentary" of the negotiations.
Right-wing zealots condemned him as a "running dog" of the United States and Britain and vowed to assassinate him.
(That is almost a running joke of the game; Laura wins friendship, love and devotion while evincing absolutely no personality).
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