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“This is a warning shot. Workers aren’t going to settle for nothing,” Eisen said.

This set-up is illegal and unsafe, but Kadir tells me his family would rather take the risk and make their own meals, than settle for the free hotel restaurant fare provided.

From BBC

But a Mater Dei illegal procedure penalty and little time left the Monarchs to settle for a 23-yard field goal to tie the score.

Lyles' American team-mate Kenny Bednarek had to settle for silver – his fourth in a row across the last four Olympic and world championships.

From BBC

But for the second time in the game, they could not convert the opportunity into a touchdown and had to settle for another field goal.

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

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