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Resting on the laurels is undoubtedly very pleasant but also very dangerous occupation.— X-bit labs
Among Burke's (6 feet, 5 inches; 220 pounds) and Wilson's (6 feet, 6 inches; 256 pounds) boatload of gridiron laurels was their selection as co-players of the year by the statewide sports Web site arizonasports-network. com.— Payson Roundup stories
Having already received several postseason honors, Minnesota junior forward Ryan Stoa capped the 2008-09 season with one of the nation's most prestigious individual honors, collecting first-team All-America laurels from the American Hockey Coaches Association.— GopherSports.com Headline News
(Lethem is crazier than that hack chick-lit novelist Jennifer Weiner if he wishes to afford Mr. Dick a few laurels, although I do like the sound of his surname.)— Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits
Sitting on our laurels isn't going to get us there.— BizMark Tech

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