Historical clue formulations

• Sped or bled ... or led — 2026-09-20
• Raced — 2026-07-08
• Hightailed it — 2026-07-07
• Headed for the hills — 2026-06-09
• Sought a seat — 2026-05-27
• Sprinted — 2026-05-18
• Led — 2026-02-08
• Took off — 2025-10-12
• Bolted — 2025-07-11
• 1985 Kurosawa epic that is a retelling of "King Lear" — 2025-07-01
• Threw one's hat in the ring — 2025-05-17
• Threw one's hat in the ring — 2025-04-16
• Didn't stick around, say — 2025-04-02
• Operated — 2024-12-23
• Led, as a meeting — 2024-10-15
• Skedaddled — 2024-08-16
• Campaigned — 2024-08-06
• Moved cross-country? — 2024-03-22
• Was published — 2024-03-10
• Did a marathon, say — 2024-02-14
• Tried to take a seat? — 2024-01-20
• Drove — 2023-11-18
• Sought office — 2023-11-05
• Did a 5K or 10K — 2023-08-09
• Sought political office — 2023-07-31
• Hotfooted it — 2023-07-24
• Took part in the final leg of a triathlon — 2023-06-07
• Managed — 2023-06-01
• Kurosawa film based on "King Lear" — 2023-03-24
• Competed in a marathon — 2023-03-21
• Sprinted — 2022-12-13
• Managed — 2022-11-29
• Put in the paper — 2022-11-18
• Tried to get elected — 2022-11-16
• Took off — 2022-11-04
• Didn't stay put, as mascara — 2022-10-21
• Participated in a marathon, e.g. — 2022-10-17
• Competed in a 10K, say — 2022-08-22
• Threw one's hat in the ring — 2022-08-10
• Campaigned for office — 2022-07-04
• Executed, as a program — 2022-05-25
• Booked it — 2022-05-15
• Fled — 2022-05-03
• Chaired — 2022-04-12
• Went on, as an errand — 2022-03-30
• Took off — 2022-03-17
• Bolted — 2022-01-29
• Chaired — 2022-01-09
• Sought office — 2021-08-08
• Akira Kurosawa film — 2021-07-25