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Danni Wyatt-Hodge is England's unused batter on the bench, and played in the middle order for a number of years, so it will be interesting to see how long the Lamb experiment continues.

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The conservative legal movement that funded the case, and created the intellectual framework for them, had also helped place the judges who would decide them on the bench.

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Max Muncy was four for nine in the series, but spent most of it waiting on the bench, not getting a start in any of the three contests the Phillies had a southpaw on the mound.

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Two of Greece's most creative attackers on the bench.

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In Koeman and Van Gaal, Depay has found coaches wanting to give him a platform to perform - 37 of his international goals have come during their spells in charge - even if he may start on the bench for the World Cup qualifier in Malta on Thursday after arriving late for the training camp because his passport was stolen.

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

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