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- noun Alternative spelling of
long ranger .
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Examples
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Sam Allardyce's team tenaciously clung to what they had, however, and although ruffled in the final quarter-hour, when Phil Jagielka's long-ranger was palmed out by Paul Robinson and substitute Diniyar Bilyaletdinov thrice flirted with the goal during a goalmouth scramble, secured three points thanks to their new-look Croat.
David Moyes reads riot act after sloppy Everton bow to Blackburn Richard Gibson at Ewood Park 2010
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Bingo to Matt Epperley ... you must be a long-ranger.
Name That Fish Tim Romano 2008
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Much like the more recent long-ranger named Sergei Starostin with his obsession with diacritics, Illich-Svitych had a peculiar, romantic soft spot for ejectives which he marked with an underdot in his transciptions.
The early Illych-Svitych on Indo-European and early Semitic contacts 2008
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Much like the more recent long-ranger named Sergei Starostin with his obsession with diacritics, Illich-Svitych had a peculiar, romantic soft spot for ejectives which he marked with an underdot in his transciptions.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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I have to think long-ranger than you, beyond what is popular, and go with my gut about what's in America's long-term national interest.
GOP Elders Take That Long Walk to the White House: Transcript 2007
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He survived being beaten to a long ball by Tevez and got away with spilling Vincent Kompany's tame long-ranger.
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Conway fired the fourth two minutes later before Killie replied through David Silva's long-ranger on 70 minutes and Manuel Pascali's late header.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The Tannadice side also looked capable of finding the back of the net and a long-ranger from John Rankin skimmed the outside of the post.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Bentley did at least sting James's palms with a long-ranger, while Sebastien Bassong should have done better with an unmarked header from a corner that he directed straight at keeper James and Crouch slid a golden chance wide in stoppage time.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Some individual goals were real gems, good enough to add glitter to any season, such as Maynor Figueroa's long-ranger against Stoke City, Danny Rose's volley against Arsenal and Adam Johnson's curler against Sunderland.
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