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line

noun as in cord, rope

Strongest matches

noun as in person's calling, interest

noun as in ancestry

noun as in written communication

Strongest matches

noun as in hint; influential communication

noun as in merchandise carried by store

verb as in put covering inside object

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"The guys who had success were ones who really put bowlers under pressure and were knocking them off line and lengths," Stokes said.

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Receiver Puka Nacua is on track for a massive extension after this season, but the Rams have the budget to potentially keep the defensive line together.

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In an organisation that spends more than a trillion pounds a year and makes thousands of decisions every week, it's daft to imagine they can all be perfectly in line with a broader goal.

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“I was feeling so in the dumps that I’d be choking on a line that I didn’t even want to say because if I say it, I’ll start crying,” he recalls.

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A spokesperson said Nandy would "review any new buyer acquiring the Telegraph in line with the public interest and foreign state influence media mergers regimes".

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

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