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  2. Glossary of English-language idioms derived from baseball

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    To achieve complete or even a spectacular success; compare home run, below. A home run is automatically scored when a batter strikes the ball with such force as to hit it out of the stadium or playing field. "11:55 AM: Kerry stumbled over the question of whether God is on America's side.

  3. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...

  4. Glossary of curling - Wikipedia

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    Slang for socializing with teammates and opponents, often over a drink, after a game Steal Scoring in an end without the hammer Stick A takeout that "sticks" in place after hitting the opposing rock Stone A rock Straight handle Synonymous with no handle Straight ice Ice on which stones curl less than usual Strike weight a weight that can take ...

  5. Multi-stage fitness test - Wikipedia

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    Put simply, some levels may run for a trifle less than 60 seconds, others a little more than 60 seconds and the odd one exactly 60 seconds. On the other hand, a few non-Léger versions of the test trigger a level change only when the time spent at a level first exceeds 60 seconds. This variation results in one extra shuttle being run at some ...

  6. Over–under - Wikipedia

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    A variant of over-under betting, known as Under Over, [5] is a dice game played at various festivals. The object of the game is to predict whether the dice will roll to a total of under 7, over 7, or at 7. The game is typically played with 2 dice. A player typically places a wager on one of three spaces. These spaces are: Under 7 (usually pays ...

  7. 10-second barrier - Wikipedia

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    On 29 May 2016, former World Champion Kim Collins improved his personal record by running 9.93 +1.9 in Bottrop as a 40-year-old. He improved his own standing as the oldest man to break the 10-second barrier, the first over the age of 40. Omar McLeod, a sprint hurdles specialist, became the first hurdling athlete to break ten seconds in April ...

  8. List of Twenty20 International records - Wikipedia

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    (75) indicates that a batsman scored 75 runs and was out after that. Bowling notation (5/40) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while giving away 40 runs. (19.5 overs) indicates that a team bowled 19 complete overs (each of six legal deliveries), and one incomplete over of just five deliveries. Currently playing

  9. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Here, eV (electronvolt) is a unit of energy (the kinetic energy of an electron accelerated over one volt, 1.6 × 10 −19 joules), and c is the speed of light in vacuum. Energy and mass are related through E = mc 2. This definition is useful for a linear particle accelerator when accelerating electrons.