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These days Joel isn’t Anthony or Mama Leone or even Mr. Cacciatore — he’s the big shot who owns the medical center, not to mention whatever else is available on Sullivan Street.

Drops, coming to the net, big shots, and we stayed there the whole match.

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The style is fitting since the modern world doesn’t make many men like this anymore, only ones who posture like big shots.

“It’s a big shot in the arm,” manager Dave Roberts said.

Austin Reaves, who struggled shooting in Game 2, hit big shots, keeping the Lakers in it despite the mistakes rapidly mounting and making things tougher.

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

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