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It must have been around two o’clock in the afternoon when steam whistles were blown & we shoved off.

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Despite being shoved off their own scrum, the ball came out to Cox who managed to offload to Kate Williams who crossed to give the home crowd something to cheer.

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And there’s no punishment for telling the governor to shove off.

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I again leaped to the firebox, and again was shoved off.

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“We know, when push comes to shove, the results of that are 143 faculty getting shoved off a cliff with one vote,” he said.

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

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