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- verb Present participle of
dummy .
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Examples
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In 2002, also in the Brazilian league, Coritiba striker Jabá was cautioned for dummying and dribbling; the referee claimed he was provoking opponents.
Which football teams have been referenced on album covers? | The Knowledge 2011
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Its author believes that Border's bankruptcy and massive store shutdown is a result of the dummying down of books and America's ultimate good taste.
Laura Munson: Books Without Borders Laura Munson 2011
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In 2002, also in the Brazilian league, Coritiba striker Jabá was cautioned for dummying and dribbling; the referee claimed he was provoking opponents.
Which football teams have been referenced on album covers? | The Knowledge 2011
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Its author believes that Border's bankruptcy and massive store shutdown is a result of the dummying down of books and America's ultimate good taste.
Laura Munson: Books Without Borders Laura Munson 2011
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Our schools will make Huge improvement in education or children & cost decrease as millions of none English speaking students that is costing billions and dummying the education of our children goes away and class size takes a huge drop.
Congress Faces Gas, Energy Issues - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In a sense, we're dummying down riesling while making things more complicated.
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Is she dummying photos, dental reports and manipulating his telephone rants in order to make a case for full custody of their child, not to mention pushing the buttons of an already emotionally unstable man?
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Is this the result of a dummying down of America or listening to Fox News and right wing talk radio?
Bennet Kelley: Taking on the GOP's "Fairy Tale Politics" 2010
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Potgeiter was into everything, a typical South African loose forward, while De Jongh, a late replacement for the gated Butch James, played with an assurance that belied the fact he was making his debut, recovering from an early crunching tackle by Jamie Roberts to take his score with aplomb, dummying his way between Stephen Jones and Matthew Rees.
South Africa again expose Wales' soft centre in their Cardiff backyard Paul Rees at the Millennium Stadium 2010
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Is she dummying photos, dental reports and manipulating his telephone rants in order to make a case for full custody of their child, not to mention pushing the buttons of an already emotionally unstable man?
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