Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. sports Occurring in the second half
- n. alternative spelling of second half.
Examples
“Surging onto the floor to call a second-half timeout, WSU coach Ken Bone slipped and fell to the Hec Edmundson Pavilion deck, maybe the most celebrated pratfall in Seattle since Tommy Lasorda's keister hit the third-base coach's box at the 2001 All-Star Game at Safeco Field.”
“The company, which competes with Myer Holdings Ltd., said second-half net profit in the period ending July 30 fell to 62.4 million Australian dollars US$64 million, from A$70.3 million a year earlier, a reversal of gains in the first six months, when net profit rose 5.2% to A$105.7 million, from A$100.5 million.”
“But Carnival warned that higher fuel prices and soft bookings for the southern Europe and U.K. markets would hurt its second-half earnings, though it expected sequential improvement for its North American brands.”
“But for locals, it appears there's more to cheer about than Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez's game-ending strikeout, or the Dallas Cowboys' second-half collapse against the Lions last Sunday.”
The Wall Street Journal: Detroit's Engine Roars on Signs of Turnaround
“MELBOURNE—Upscale Australian department store operator David Jones Ltd. reported Wednesday an 11% drop in second-half profit and flagged tough trading conditions ahead in a further sign of stress across the country's retail sector.”
“Reuters New York Giants players Still, the schedule lends credence to Coughlin's insistence that there's no trend to his teams' second-half swoons, just coincidence, and that maybe there's something a tad pat in the idea of an inevitable Giants "collapse.”
“Maybe It's the Schedule The records and strength-of-schedule rank of the Giants' first- and second-half foes:”
“In six of the last eight years, the Giants have had one of the five toughest second-half schedules in the league.”
“The Giants had the second-toughest second-half schedule, their four wins came on the road and the regular season's last loss was by just three points to the 16-0 Patriots—and set the stage for their title-game upset.”
“Prior to their Week 5 bye, the Dolphins could only muster 92 second-half yards with Moore under center in a 26-16 loss to San Diego.”
The Wall Street Journal: Statistics Can't Explain Jets' Recent Losses to Miami
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hyphenated halfs
are a lot of these halfs half-thought-out?
half-cocked, half-breed, half-bath, half-assed, half-a-buck, half-baked, half-dead, half-asleep, half-back, half-clothed, half-done, half-dozen and 74 more...
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