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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
platoon .
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Examples
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"I think they've kind of platooned in the middle of the order all year, and it's worked for them.
Baseball America 2010
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OSU platooned Dan Herron, Maurice Wells and Brandon Saine in the backfield, with ho-hum results.
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Dixon platooned as if he were coaching a football team, and none of the Americans was playing much longer than 20 minutes in any game.
Underdawgs David Woods 2010
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He's finally healthy, and he hits left-handers well enough to keep from being platooned.
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The right-handed hitting Werth has platooned most of the season with Geoff Jenkins in right field.
USATODAY.com 2008
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The rundown: After more than a decade of being platooned with Brad Friedel and complaining about it, Keller is the undisputed
USATODAY.com 2007
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Harbaugh platooned two quarterbacks to run his steady offense, and the Cardinal defense made it look easy to shut down Tedford's talented collection of playmakers.
USATODAY.com 2007
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With Shawn Estes coming into the rotation, does this mean Justin Germano is now platooned to middle relief?
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Gonzalez platooned with Aaron Miles in 2005, but he also played shortstop, third, first and in the outfield, committing only four errors.
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Actually, in the 1999 Confederations Cup we platooned our team and we played with two different squads.
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