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Charlie remarked that in a bigger school with at least nineteen pupils, you’d have two teams for real baseball, and an umpire.
From Literature
Williamson is calling for "real transparency" in the fuel supply chain, as the prices, in his view, "rocket up and then fall like a feather".
From BBC
All this set the stage for real trouble: the Oil Crisis of 1973.
From Barron's
This may have been a headline-grabbing display by Valverde, but he has been a key player for Real Madrid for some time now, having joined them back in 2017, but spent the first year on loan at Deportivo La Coruna.
From BBC
Valverde is not always the headline act for Real Madrid, but unquestionably one of the team's most versatile and reliable players.
From BBC
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