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On the third play from scrimmage, he broke loose on a run up the middle and picked up 41 yards.

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Bonzi won the first two sets and was up 5-4 and serving for match point in the third ... when all hell broke loose.

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It’s a magnification of childhood playtime, a puppet show in which the puppets have broken loose from the puppeteers.

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When he mutters aloud what he is thinking about Shane — “Daughter married an idiot” — all hell breaks loose, prompting Rhys to flee without explanation or apology.

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Under questioning by Gordon in court on Thursday, Marten described how "all hell broke loose" with her family when she returned from Peru pregnant with her first child in 2017.

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

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