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“So it kind of collapsed at the end, which I think actually gives it a little bit more of a cult quality,” he says, still licking his wounds but looking for the silver lining.

Both Rodgers and the Jets will arrive in London banged-up and licking their wounds after an ugly 10-9 home defeat to the Denver Broncos on Sunday dropped them to 2-2 for the season.

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Mateo Retegui - the man whose penalty was saved - was licking his lips at the chance to make up for it by heading into an empty net.

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Undoubtedly Hezbollah and its allies in Iran, whose ambassador to Beirut was wounded in the attack, will be licking their wounds at the moment.

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In one case, inspectors found handwritten notes instructing staff to pour various hot sauces into a Husky’s wound to prevent licking.

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

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