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There really is this vibe that, no matter what gets said, when the camera goes off you’re all knocking back a few together.

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She always looks ready to calm a bronc, knock back a beer or tell you off.

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Before the second day, the hosts ruled him out of the remainder of the match, but Woakes offered to bat in England's first innings, only to be knocked back by coach Brendon McCullum.

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The "goal posts" had moved and claims had been "knocked back", he said, in ways he saw as unfair to sub-postmasters, many of whom have been waiting years for redress.

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Waerea-Hargreaves, due to retire at the end of the season, capped off the win by grabbing the ball and providing an aerial finish after Hiku had knocked back Lewis' high kick.

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

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