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A wave of negative wouldn’t stop ricocheting in my head.

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If he played his cards right, he would only need to make one more stop in the remaining 50 laps.

The Ukrainian stopped Londoner Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in July to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion.

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The ambulance had stopped for treatment to be provided to the patient before he left the vehicle, Avon and Somerset Police said.

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He said Mr Shabir drove the three of them from Keighley to Bradford, stopping at a petrol station on the way where Mr Ali told him to fill a canister with petrol.

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

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