stamina

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Boxing skill is immaterial when your stamina is a liability like Jermain's.

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  1. noun Physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness, fatigue, or hardship; endurance.
  2. noun A plural of stamen.

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  • When your email inbox is filled with promises of porn-star stamina, the warning label of an erection that last for hours sounds less like a medical side effect than a bonus feature. —  Freakonomics
  • He may not have flashy attacks or the ability to materialise, but his stamina is incredible - he survived both Miyu's god mode attacks and getting shot in the back (oddly blood started running down his face when the latter occurred). —  Comments for Azure Flame
  • Obviously, the stamina is the most important thing to build before we get out of here. —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
  • But his increased stamina, as well as improved focus on that end of the court, figure to serve him well. —  JSOnline.com
  • Once you manage to peel your eyes from the meticulously rendered fighter models in FN4, you might notice a new HUD element; a trio of bars that represent each fighters health, stamina, and blocking. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
 

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  1. Latin stāmina, pl. of stāmen, thread, thread of life spun by the Fates; see stamen.
 

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