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as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood
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The main takeaway, though, might be to keep your best player on the court as long as possible.
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Las Vegas coach Antonio Pierce said Friday morning that O’Connell had a few good days of practice and would be on track to return as long as things went well later in the day.
—Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
The study authors found the shark’s genome to be extraordinarily large, twice as long as a human’s and bigger than any other shark genome sequenced to date.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Consent decrees in other cities have put police departments under federal review for as long as a decade.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Las Vegas coach Antonio Pierce said Friday morning that O’Connell had a few good days of practice and would be on track to return as long as things went well later in the day.
—Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
The study authors found the shark’s genome to be extraordinarily large, twice as long as a human’s and bigger than any other shark genome sequenced to date.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Consent decrees in other cities have put police departments under federal review for as long as a decade.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
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