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bench

noun as in furniture for sitting

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noun as in large table

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noun as in group of judges

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When guard Castle was benched for the second half with a left hip injury, the Spurs kept their poise.

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After Damien McKenzie climbed off the bench to break Scottish hearts against the All Blacks last week, another substitute entered the fray in the second half to steal the show.

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"But I think it was all the bench, and also the starters, because it's like pounding the rock... We couldn't break it in the first half, but it broke maybe in the last minute."

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Bellingham was back in the England starting line-up for the first time since June after Tuchel restricted him to an appearance off the bench in Thursday's win against Serbia.

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Despite Bellingham's disappointment, he applauded fans as he went off and did the "right thing" according to Warnock by shaking Tuchel's hand on the touchline before taking his seat on the bench.

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

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