better half
Example Sentences
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Things aren’t great for the Bruins two games into Bieniemy’s first season leading an offense that was supposed to be the team’s better half.
From Los Angeles Times
Gage has offered his apologies to Twain for “wasting her time” when she serenaded the “Road House” actor and celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton — who was Gage’s better half ... briefly.
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But they have plenty of time to think about how to find the necessary balance and chemistry to make the second half the better half of their season.
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It wasn’t a slip-up; Oladejo went on to repeat the theme multiple times while acknowledging that the Bruins’ struggling offense was irritating their better half.
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Things appear to have gotten a bit awkward between UCLA’s struggling offense and its better half.
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