dl
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Baseball, Older Use. disabled list.
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Slang. down-low (used in the idiomon the down-low ).
Nate told me on the DL what happened, so I’m not saying a word without his OK.
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From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019
Cunard's Mauretania, commissioned in 1907, is still the fastest British ship but her old records have been broken by Germany's Bremen and Europa, Italy's Conte dl Savoia and Rex.
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R. A. Hiervan is reeds gebruik gemaakt door Tiele, Bijdr., 5e R., dl.
And let each bisegment be cut proportionally in the points d, c, g; so that the lesser segments doe bound the bisecant, to wit, dl, cm, and gr.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
Zie den brief zonder handteekening, te vinden bij De Jonge, a. w., dl.
Pitcher DL Hall said the players hear it “probably eight to 10 times a day.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The departure of John Franklin-Myers warrants DL attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Tickets for Newcastle's Utilita Arena gig will only be available for fans with postcodes beginning with NE, DH, SR, DL, TS, ticket purchasing site Kilimanjaro Live said.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
Also that day are PrideFest, the annual street fair in the West Village, and Bliss Days, a celebration of queer women at the DL Rooftop and Lounge.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2024
Follow the line DL in cutting the deck.
From Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
The real question, though, is not with the D/L formula but the fact that the minimum number of overs that constitute a Twenty20 match is as low as five.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2010
The price tags on comparable U.S. subcompacts are significantly higher: $4,289 for a two-door Chevette hatchback, $4,492 for American Motors' Spirit D/L, $5,271 for the two-door Omni hatchback.
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