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Examples
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Expecting a dead-bat on most topics so, with that in mind, have currently got the cricket streaming on the iPad ...
The Guardian World News Jacob Steinberg 2011
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Some have described his display of dead-bat defiance as one of the most disreputable in Ashes history.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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When a stung Zaheer followed it up with a swerving yorker, Tamim countered with a dead-bat and soon reached his hundred and jumped with delight.
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Science study gave computationally modeled meaning to all those dead-bat piles.
Wired Top Stories Brandon Keim 2010
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When a stung Zaheer followed it up with a swerving yorker, Tamim countered with a dead-bat and soon reached his hundred and jumped with delight.
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Maybe that was partly why Ancelotti attempted to dead-bat every attempt at creating a drama.
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Venter was rapped over the knuckles by European authorities in midweek for his deliberate, dead-bat remarks to a Sky reporter in what was an attempt to show up the daft strictures placed on coaches by impersonating a character from the film
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Maybe Branyan instead will emulate the dead-bat play of others in the "offense."
Crosscut 2010
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When a stung Zaheer followed it up with a swerving yorker, Tamim countered with a dead-bat and soon reached his hundred and jumped with delight.
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Jonathan Trott's dead-bat attitude recalls the exploits of Chris Tavaré
WN.com - Articles related to Graeme Smith resists calls for South Africa changes 2009
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