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A week or two before a race, a team of workers uses hoses to spray down the entire course with the intent of it freezing over by morning.
From Los Angeles Times
Raman’s entry into the race, hours before the filing deadline, shocked the city’s political elite and infuriated the mayor’s supporters.
From Los Angeles Times
His team, so ineffective in defeat by Italy a week before, were ruthless.
From BBC
They are turning to the secondary market where institutional investors can sell private-equity stakes to other investors before maturity, usually for less than what the manager says they are worth.
It was 2005, a fizzy New York era before an epic crash, and prospective members of an exclusive new club were informed of their suitability through hand-delivered invitations, each nestled in a white, hand-stitched box.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
