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- noun Plural form of
suitor . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
suitor .
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Examples
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III. ii.84 (403,1) No heretics burnt, but wenches 'suitors] The disease to which _wenches' suitors_ are particularly exposed, was called in
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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I think the first girl must have turned down 6 suitors from the matchmaker.
Arranged 2008
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The likelihood of the 27 year-old fulfilling that commitment is receding, though, after it emerged his long-term suitors, Inter, are exploring the possibility of persuading City to part with him for rather less than the £50 million the Premier League side have consistently stipulated, despite his persistent indications that he wishes to leave.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The likelihood of the 27 year-old fulfilling that commitment is receding, though, after it emerged his long-term suitors, Inter, are exploring the possibility of persuading City to part with him for rather less than the £50 million the Premier League side have consistently stipulated, despite his persistent indications that he wishes to leave.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The likelihood of the 27 year-old fulfilling that commitment is receding, though, after it emerged his long-term suitors, Inter, are exploring the possibility of persuading City to part with him for rather less than the £50 million the Premier League side have consistently stipulated, despite his persistent indications that he wishes to leave.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The second, from his long-term suitors Spurs, did not match Everton's valuation.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The likelihood of the 27 year-old fulfilling that commitment is receding, though, after it emerged his long-term suitors, Inter, are exploring the possibility of persuading City to part with him for rather less than the £50 million the Premier League side have consistently stipulated, despite his persistent indications that he wishes to leave.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The second, from his long-term suitors Spurs, did not match Everton's valuation.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The likelihood of the 27 year-old fulfilling that commitment is receding, though, after it emerged his long-term suitors, Inter, are exploring the possibility of persuading City to part with him for rather less than the £50 million the Premier League side have consistently stipulated, despite his persistent indications that he wishes to leave.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The Argentine's other long-term suitors, Barcelona, last week suggested they are not considering a bid for the 26 year-old - though sources in Spain intimated they are monitoring the situation - while he is not thought to be a priority for Real Madrid, despite suggestions
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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