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You can say this verbatim because it doesn’t put his chef-feelings in play.
CAROLYN HAX: HOW TO IMPROVE ON ‘I COOK, YOU CLEAN’ WITHOUT STIRRING THE POTCAROLYN HAXFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Also working in the Capitals’ favor has been an unexpected week off — the result of three games postponed because of coronavirus issues — after less than a month of play.
FOR FIRST TIME IN THREE WEEKS, CAPITALS COULD BE AT FULL STRENGTH SUNDAYSAMANTHA PELLFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST
There is at least some indication that Williams might also be struggling with her very next stroke following a return hit in play.
HOW SERENA WILLIAMS COULD FINALLY BREAK THE GRAND SLAM RECORDAMY LUNDYFEBRUARY 10, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
So far during Big Ten play, 17 men’s basketball games have been postponed.
BIG TEN MOVES MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT TO INDIANAPOLISEMILY GIAMBALVOFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST
He believed his front seven could stop running plays even with the safeties backed up.
WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THE CHIEFS AND PATRICK MAHOMES IN A BRUTAL SUPER BOWL DEFEATADAM KILGOREFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The business focus on social goals is not a passing political play.
BUSINESS’S SOCIAL GOALS ARE NOT A PASSING POLITICAL PLAYALAN MURRAYFEBRUARY 8, 2021FORTUNE
For crying out loud, they lined up offside on a field goal on the play before Tampa Bay’s second touchdown.
SUPER BOWL HIGHLIGHTS: BUCS CELEBRATE CHAMPIONSHIP, TOM BRADY WINS MVPDES BIELER, MARK MASKE, CHUCK CULPEPPERFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Brady found Gronkowski for a 17-yard touchdown on the next play.
BUCCANEERS DEFEAT CHIEFS IN SUPER BOWL LV, 31-9, AS TOM BRADY CLAIMS HIS SEVENTH CHAMPIONSHIPMARK MASKEFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
His story unfolds in titled scenes that hopscotch from childhood recollections to 2016 when the play is set.
‘CATASTROPHIST’ OFFERS LESSONS FROM A PRE-COVID PLAGUEPATRICK FOLLIARDFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
Any time funding for schools is in play, there will be disagreement about how it’s allocated.
SACRAMENTO REPORT: AT A LOSS ON LEARNING LOSSSARA LIBBYFEBRUARY 5, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO PLAY

  • antic
  • caper
  • caprice
  • escapade
  • fancy
  • fooling
  • frolic
  • gag
  • gambol
  • high jinks
  • horseplay
  • hotfoot
  • joke
  • lark
  • levity
  • lightness
  • monkeyshines
  • play
  • put on
  • rib
  • rollick
  • roughhouse
  • roughhousing
  • rowdiness
  • shine
  • skylarking
  • spoof
  • sport
  • tomfoolery
  • trick
  • whim
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