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On the third play from scrimmage, he broke loose on a run up the middle and picked up 41 yards.

Counter terror police also released more details about what happened in the run up to Thursday's attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue.

From BBC

Among other things, the donors also questioned Jarmond’s name, image and likeness strategy, high spending despite years of running up massive athletic department deficits and failure to fire coach Chip Kelly amid subpar results.

But running up the stalks there are small beads - these are the rice grains.

From BBC

Sir Keir said he wanted the run up to the next election to be "on open fight between Labour and Reform", which has pulled ahead in national polls over recent months.

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

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