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Before leaving you with some future-leaning Global English that puts all our imagined elements together, I want to introduce a possibility in the wild-card category, and from a disparate, not widely spoken language.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Some of these will likely be driven by necessity, others by wild-card factors.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Some of these will likely be driven by necessity, others by wild-card factors.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Before leaving you with some future-leaning Global English that puts all our imagined elements together, I want to introduce a possibility in the wild-card category, and from a disparate, not widely spoken language.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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At Loch Lomond in July the brothers found themselves in the final threesome with Darren Clarke in the Scottish Open (which Edoardo won) and again at Gleneagles, where Edoardo famously made himself a wild-card pick with birdies at the final three holes to win the Johnnie Walker Championship.
World Cup holders, brothers and rivals, the Molinaris are winners Lawrence Donegan 2010
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The Patriots also have the edge during the playoffs—if you discount the Giants' wild-card game against the Atlanta Falcons, since the Patriots received a bye in the first round.
Enjoy the Game, Don't Lose the Bet Matthew Futterman 2012
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On the way to earning their second wild-card bid in three years, the Rockies were the only team in the majors with five starters who posted double-digits in wins.
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European Pressphoto Agency Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan C is surrounded and tackled down by the New York Giants defense in the third quarter of their NFC wild-card game on Sunday.
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Last season: 92-70, second place in NL West, wild-card winners
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After a 9-2, division-leading start, they lost three of four and slipped into a wild-card slot, deprived of a home playoff game for the second consecutive year.
The Jets Put on a Great Show Jason Gay 2011
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