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- noun Plural form of
belay . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
belay .
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Examples
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Nevertheless your Mother's desire to visit a beach belays all that as San Miguel is very far inland and in the mountains.
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Roslin chooses to kill the Cylons en masse in "A Measure of Salvation," but Helo belays that order.
Archive 2006-11-01 Abigail Nussbaum 2006
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Of course this belays the fact that we all have known about terrorism since at least Munich in 1972.
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This is a point that Paul Foot makes later in the same LRB article - that it was precisely the nature of the attack that belays the weaknesses of those who wanted to challenge the awfulness of US imperialism.
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A gamble of sorts that's likely to garner mountains of doubloons, as Johnny Depp's foppish buccaneer belays all box-office comers.
Shiffman's Zizzle Enjoys Exclusive Disney 'Pirates' License 2006
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Roslin chooses to kill the Cylons en masse in "A Measure of Salvation," but Helo belays that order.
Moving Into a New Circle of Hell and Other "A Measure of Salvation" Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2006
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What we need is a reverse ‘Strangelove’ — somebody who either rigs football codes ‘out of order’ so to speak, or someone who ‘belays’ that order.
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Students learn types of hazards and rapids, eddy turns and peel outs, passenger positioning, river commands, paddle signals, evacuation routes, rope throwing and belays, and how to deal with hypothermia.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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Students learn types of hazards and rapids, eddy turns and peel outs, passenger positioning, river commands, paddle signals, evacuation routes, rope throwing and belays, and how to deal with hypothermia.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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No. 11 chokes luff of train-tackle, or hitches it, if required; provides and hooks tackle of muzzle-purchase; belays and lowers.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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