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Realistically, it's hard to see UW's defense consistently stopping Stanford without some help --- what they call unforced errors in the tennis world.

The Seattle Times 2011

You've got to give them credit, but then after you do that, most of our turnovers were what I call unforced turnovers. ...

CNN.com 2012

For these institutions give concreteness and detail to the idea of unforced agreement.

Wired Top Stories Jonah Lehrer 2011

In tennis, such decisions are called unforced errors

race42008.com 2009

"If this was tennis, those would be called unforced errors."

The Observer-Dispatch Home RSS JOHN PITARRESI 2008

I'm hoping if more time is spent getting a good script and story in place, a more coherent and "unforced" story will result.

Pulitzer Prize-Winner David Lindsay-Abaire to Write Spider-Man 4 | /Film 2008

That kind of unforced mockery, even levity, tends to be a good indicator of genuine confidence in the outcome.

Obama: "I'm Sorry To See My Opponent Sink So Low" 2009

That is why, in many matches between two players of similar ability, there will be many "unforced" errors and the player with the "poorer" stats is deemed to have played "poorly" or been a "shadow" of his normal self.

Tennis-X.com :: Xtreme Tennis News contact@tennis-x.com 2010

That is why, in many matches between two players of similar ability, there will be many "unforced" errors and the player with the "poorer" stats is deemed to have played "poorly" or been a "shadow" of his normal self.

Tennis-X.com :: Xtreme Tennis News contact@tennis-x.com 2010

Those are the kind of unforced errors that happen when everyone knows it's over.

SI.com 2010