Definitions
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- adjective of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races
- adjective unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in
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Examples
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Bush/Cheney failed to balance a single annual budget with control of the ultimate hat-trick/triple-crown/power play of government - control of all tricameral branches, therefore theteabag movement shows it is much less about fiscal responsibility than finding fault exclusively with democrats.
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Dumb, socially conservative and no sense of humor: the lucrative triple-crown of American right-wingers.
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Dumb, socially conservative and no sense of humor: the lucrative triple-crown of American right-wingers.
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He could give Scotty McClellan a run for his money in the triple-crown double-talk derby.
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You might not win the triple-crown of cycling like Merckx did, but with a bike this cool, who cares?
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HARRIS: But the gold standard of triple-crown winners, secretariat.
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And the glitter faded though 12 seconds into the race when the triple-crown contender, Barbaro, shattered, right there, a rear ankle.
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He ranks in the top five in almost every major category and is a triple-crown threat.
USATODAY.com - Going 'gonzo' in the Arizona desert over Gonzalez 2001
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Hairston, drafted by Arizona in the third round, is the first triple-crown winner in Arizona community college history, batting .503 with 18 homers and 77 RBI.
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CLINTON: Sarandon is the triple-crown winner this fall.
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