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Examples
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They would call Red Rover, Red Rover send Morgan right over - and he would go galloping across the playground.
amishboy Diary Entry amishboy 2003
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They made a Red Rover line and taunted the United Kingdom until all their mothers called them in for dinner.
madkestrel: Today in 1846, the United States House o madkestrel 2010
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In fact, leaving the Mall was akin to an extremely challenging game of Red Rover.
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I have no idea what the improvised sports are, but from the official website it says that everyday people like you and me (i.e. intramural softball players and possibly last picked for the elementary Red Rover team) are welcome to compete in such heart pounding events as a triathlon and handball and the less heart-attack-inducing bridge and line dancing.
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After a brief jog on day three, we gather in two lines on a blacktop for an exercise akin to Red Rover.
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Senator Biden will be outside for a while greeting supporters, and then I'll head inside to watch the great electoral game of Red Rover, Red Rover, send your non-viable caucusers over!
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And the Republicans treat all of this as though it's a big game of Red Rover, Red Rover.
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Not breaking through the Red Rover line never did anything for my character, I can tell you that for sure.
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Wallace smiled sternly, while the master of the ship, with alarm in his countenance and tears in his eyes, described to him the certainty of their being captured by the Red Rover, a name given to De Longueville, because he usually displayed the blood red flag, which he had now hoisted.
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It's the grown-up version of Red Rover, only -- as is the case with the grown-up world -- there are more labels involved: uncommitteds are those who haven't made up their minds; viables are candidates in the Democrat's caucus with more than approximately 15% (give or take) of the room, nonviables those with less.
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