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butler

noun as in servant

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Throwing Anthony Davis on Butler had a huge impact on Butler struggling to score.

Prior to Game 4, Davis had defended Butler on 16 possessions during this series, according to Second Spectrum, and Butler didn’t score at all.

He also unleashed a flurry of pinpoint passes to teammates who benefited from their own mismatch or the attention Butler drew.

The last month and a half has included end-of-game scoring heroics from Butler, Dončić, Donovan Mitchell, Jamal Murray, OG Anunoby, Anthony Davis, Nikola Jokić, Fred VanVleet and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Without his two best teammates, Butler became the first player to outscore, outrebound and outassist LeBron James in a Finals game.

She says that every film she makes, she has to hit someone—The Color Purple, The Butler, and Selma.

That was 12 Years A Slave, The Butler, Fruitvale Station, and Mandela.

Kassig traveled to Beirut during spring break while he was studying at Butler University in Indianapolis.

“I have yet to be convinced that it will work in our best interests,” said Butler.

GERARD BUTLER The Scottish hunk is—surprisingly—leaning towards “NO” when it comes to Scottish independence.

"I most humbly thank your lordship," replied the butler with an air of profound gratitude, as he chuckled in his sleeve.

What is, then, this precious drink I read of in my Shakespeare—so precious, that your lordship will not trust him to his butler?

We are going to send our butler to the sale to-morrow, to pick up some of that sixty-four.

As I emerged from my room next morning I saw old Giles, the butler, hurrying down the corridor towards me.

The butler had come up to his master in the unobtrusive manner of a well-trained servant, and was waiting an opportunity to speak.

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

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