dummy

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Ralph Belmonte, a resident of Grange Road for 47 years, said a postman discovered the body on the road after having mistaken it for a dummy strapped to the roof of a driving car.

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Police removed the camera from the former officer's home to examine it and then replaced it with a dummy camera.

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But the studies showed the GLP-1 drug, which is already used to manage type 2 diabetes and obesity, made no difference compared to a dummy drug.

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It may seem ludicrous to risk a fast bowler with the injury history of a crash-test dummy when his first attempt at cricket in whites for 15 months resulted in a trip to hospital.

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It could be a dummy, allowing the ball through your legs or, in this case, ducking out of the way.

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