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"Once we'd used up that five days pay, effectively we are technically employed by the company but there is no work for us, so it's a lay-off situation."

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Even if they could afford a deposit, nine in 10 would face mortgage or rent payments, council tax, utility bills, insurance and maintenance costs that would use up nearly half of their income.

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In a brief interview with The Times last year, Ted Kim said that he used up to five devices and relied on unspecified friends to secure tee times.

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“Coach Dylen Smith sent me a picture of the field house — that was gone. And that’s when I realized: I don’t think my services are quite used up here.”

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But, as Amorim has previously said, he used up a lot of goodwill from the stands last season.

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

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