1.   It was obvious that the ship was running alongside a sand bank with a shoal water on the port side.

2.   The ship ran out of fuel and drifted helplessly.

3.   The ship ran aground on a sandbank.

4.   All last week, U.S. ships cruised to within a mile or so of Port-au-Prince, then left, although one ship did run aground on a reef.

5.   Dredging has increased since four ships ran aground in the channel earlier this year.

6.   Panic set in when the ship ran aground.

7.   That ship was running well.

8.   That would imply that the Japanese ship was running away from somebody, or trying to avoid a lurking sub.

9.   The dispute arose last month when a Turkish ship ran aground on the island.

10.   The deck officer said once the ship ran aground, crew members checked LORAN and it correctly told them they were on the shoal.