Staubach

[ staw-bahk ]

/ ˈstɔ bɑk /

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Roger Thomas, born 1942, U.S. football player.

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Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

Instead, he rooted a bit for the Dallas Cowboys because he “loved Roger Staubach.”
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As soon as we had turned the base of the last projecting wall of rock, the Staubach lay before us in all its grandeur.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr
Seeing this, the boys who had wished to guide him to the Staubach became more clamorous than ever.
Rollo in Switzerland|Jacob Abbott
In fact, Rollo passed three more stands for selling such things on the way to the Staubach.
Rollo in Switzerland|Jacob Abbott

Madame Staubach had not expected to meet with immediate and positive obedience.
Linda Tressel|Anthony Trollope
The case was so singular in all its bearings, that Madame Staubach could make nothing of it.
Linda Tressel|Anthony Trollope