See run for the exercise on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1959, Candidates 1960 \"xxx\", Nelson. A Rockefeller, page 53",
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"text": "BENTSEN: SAYS HE WON'T RUN \"FOR THE EXERCISE\"\n\"Asked about the 1992 presidential race, Bentsen said he would not run as a sacrificial lamb so that the [Dems] would have a credible candidate and avoid a humiliating defeat\"",
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