Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant, Matthiola incana, the common stock.
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- noun Plural form of
hope . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hope .
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Examples
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*Hopes, hopes, hopes* I gathered awl mine dollar bills, um, fur donations uf kourse.
Ya think? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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So again of Colonel Evans, who, after losing a fine estate long held out to his hopes, five times over put himself at the head of _forlorn hopes_.
Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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So again of Colonel Evans, who, after losing a fine estate long held out to his hopes, five times over put himself at the head of _forlorn hopes_.
Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822
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*crosses everything for good luck and hopes hopes hopes*
Husband kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Sam Jones scored five of his 27 points in the extra period, Ramsey added 23 of his own, and the Lakers could only watch Bob Cousy run time out on their title hopes with an expert display of right-handed dribbling.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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I don't think this defeat will have any effect on our title hopes because it is a different competition.
Roberto Mancini rails against penalties given and denied 2012
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The knees of Elgin Baylor, West and the other Los Angeles players on the hardwood buckled as their bodies, once filled with supreme confidence, sighed in resignation as their title hopes disintegrated.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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By trading for All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran, the San Francisco Giants have pinned their title hopes on a player who may spend a total of three months there.
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Sam Jones scored five of his 27 points in the extra period, Ramsey added 23 of his own, and the Lakers could only watch Bob Cousy run time out on their title hopes with an expert display of right-handed dribbling.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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The knees of Elgin Baylor, West and the other Los Angeles players on the hardwood buckled as their bodies, once filled with supreme confidence, sighed in resignation as their title hopes disintegrated.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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