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over-the-hill

adjective as in past middle age

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Was Hamilton over the hill, some wondered after qualifying?

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"I was a bit disappointed it was a rolling start because I thought that would take away some opportunity but when I was that close I knew I was going to lift a little bit less than Lando did. A bit lively over the hill but then the slipstream helped me out."

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Everybody wants good news on Daly, but if it's bad news there is a cavalry coming over the hill in the shape of Kinghorn and Keenan and a cast of others.

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A guy standing near Kozicki had a radio scanner, and they listened as a spartan voice counted down: Ten, nine, eight, seven … Over the hill, where the rocket was on the pad, all was dark.

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As the weeks went by, I was becoming disillusioned by the whole country-dancing saga, and as I was driving over the hill to the Valley one Sunday, I asked myself, “Do you really want to continue with this?”

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

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