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Logan and I seemed to be good teammates—he was scratching the surface of what would later be a nasty serve, and I liked to relive my baseball-playing glory days by diving for a loose ball whenever possible.
SPIKEBALL IS THE PERFECT PANDEMIC ACTIVITYSMURGUIAAUGUST 10, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINENadal’s opponents can’t seem to do the same thing to him with their serve plus one.
RAFAEL NADAL DOMINATES THE THIRD SHOT OF A POINTAMY LUNDYJUNE 7, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTFirst, when serving, he’s winning the point on his first shot after the serve, a term that in recent years has come to be called “serve plus one.”
RAFAEL NADAL DOMINATES THE THIRD SHOT OF A POINTAMY LUNDYJUNE 7, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTNadal produced eight winners and drew 17 errors from Djokovic on the serve plus one.
RAFAEL NADAL DOMINATES THE THIRD SHOT OF A POINTAMY LUNDYJUNE 7, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTWhen Djokovic was serving, he hit six winners and drew only a single error from Nadal using his serve plus one.
RAFAEL NADAL DOMINATES THE THIRD SHOT OF A POINTAMY LUNDYJUNE 7, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe winner of that River Walk Region will take on the winner of the Mercado Region, where the top four seeds held serve but are all capable of winning two games this weekend.
THERE’S MORE TO THE WOMEN’S SWEET 16 THAN UCONN-IOWAHOWARD MEGDALMARCH 26, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThese Rules (leaving out the Tenor) serves for five bells; and leaving out the fifth and Tenor, they serve for four bells.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANShe had carried the baby over to Juana's and left her there, that she might be free to serve the Father's supper.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONHe shall serve among great men, and appear before the governor.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThere are four general forms of emphasis which serve as indications of the characteristics of expression.
EXPRESSIVE VOICE CULTUREJESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICKWORDS RELATED TO SERVE
- accomplishes
- achieves
- acts
- acts on
- advances
- behaves
- bends
- benefits
- brings about
- burns
- carries on
- clicks
- compels
- completes
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- spins
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- make money
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- pay
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- realize
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- recover
- score
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- thrive
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- paying
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- promoting
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- putting to good use
- realizing
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- recovering
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- using
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- advertise
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- champion
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- hand over
- heel
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- line
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- maintain
- minister
- outfit
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- present
- procure
- produce
- proffer
- provision
- ration
- ready
- render
- replenish
- serve
- stake
- stock
- stock up
- store
- sustain
- take care of
- transfer
- turn out
- yield
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