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“As a quarterback you have to take what they give you — and Jaylin did that,” said Gerard, whose players doused him with ice water after the awards ceremony.

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She recalled how the Incorrigibles still preferred their meat cooked quite rare and doused with ketchup; perhaps the sandwiches had only been an occasional treat during their formative years.

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Boniol, who won the Super Bowl as a kicker for the Cowboys, would douse them with water and toss them into the dryer.

A quick douse in the shower, he says, is his usual trick to get them clean.

Once on the ground, the team began dousing the truck with gasoline, according to Beccuau, the prosecutor.

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

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