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   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   does the term [running mate] come from long distance running?   
      
      
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          The term "running mate" is a compound word entirely within   
   English, with no roots in other languages. Its origin dates back to the   
   mid-1800s.   
      
          The earliest documented use of "running mate" found by the Oxford   
   English Dictionary is from 1859 in the Weekly Hawk-eye (Burlington,   
   Iowa) newspaper [Oxford English Dictionary].   
      
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