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Alai

Or A·lay

[ah-lahy]

noun

  1. a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5,880 meters).



Alai

/ ɑːˈlaɪ /

noun

  1. a mountain range in central Asia, in SW Kyrgyzstan, running from the Tian Shan range in China into Tajikistan. Average height: 4800 m (16 000 ft), rising over 5850 m (19 500 ft)

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That explains the oversized glove, which for Anderson felt like a jai alai cesta compared with the modest mitts infielders use.

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The same decoupling happened to dog racing, harness racing, quarter-horse racing and jai alai a few years ago.

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"Now we have many homes built next to rivers so flooded. Walls have collapsed all over… Don't go against nature. It will fight back," Robert Alai, a Nairobi county assembly legislator wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

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People think soccer is the best, but I preferred rugby, hockey, jai alai.

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Abdul Nasir Khan, a local resident, said the children were going to a high school in Batangai in Alai.

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