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"I spoke to someone once who played a round of golf with him, who told me that he had taken six mulligans on a single hole."

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Given the constitutional crisis the nation currently finds itself in, watching the men in “Sinners” readily accept the leadership of a qualified Black woman felt like a cinematic mulligan.

It’s as if MLS gave Colorado a mulligan and the way the game was played suffered as a result.

“In recent Pennsylvania elections, tens of thousands of ballots have been rejected for violating mandatory election rules — and voters got no mulligan in those elections.”

“I was surprised at how quickly he was able to get good,” said Diego, who frequently joined his dad, Chuck and Rudy for games that usually devolved into side bets and arguing about mulligans.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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