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crease

verb as in fold, rumple

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After Spencer pinned Matthew Maynard - an England international - leg before wicket, Richards swaggered to the crease to a standing ovation.

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In July of this year, England needed 73 more to pull off a record chase against India at The Oval with Harry Brook and Joe Root at the crease making hundreds.

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Smith, booed to the crease by the travelling fans, edged to second slip, then Khawaja gloved a spiteful lifter.

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That brought Root to the crease in his latest campaign for an elusive first century in Australia.

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Her white hair floated, cloudlike, atop her head, and a delicate pattern of creases fanned across her face like arching fronds, especially when she smiled.

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

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