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Muscat became a title winner in a third different country last year in China, and he is on the verge of another with just four games remaining as his side sit top with a two-point lead.

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Tarik Skubal, the Tigers’ ace left-hander who is on the verge of claiming his second consecutive Cy Young Award, delivered a brilliant performance, allowing one run over six dominant innings with 13 punchouts.

R2-D2, among other functions, automatically scans the vast startup market for companies in Touring’s wheelhouse: AI startups on the verge of raising Series B financing.

Five hundred miles inland, at the women’s Wuhan Open, conditions are just as challenging, with some players limping through the rounds on the verge of collapse.

England are on the verge of qualifying for the World Cup and could be certain to progress to the tournament if they win in Latvia on Tuesday, depending on other results in Group K.

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

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