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  • As the singing stops and the players find their spot "around the ten-yard circle that until tonight seemed redundant" Paul Farley, "A Minute's Silence", the possibility that homage will turn to insult hangs over football stadiums like a threat of terror.

    Geoff Dyer: What Will Survive of Us? Geoff Dyer 2011

  • As the singing stops and the players find their spot "around the ten-yard circle that until tonight seemed redundant" Paul Farley, "A Minute's Silence", the possibility that homage will turn to insult hangs over football stadiums like a threat of terror.

    Geoff Dyer: What Will Survive of Us? Geoff Dyer 2011

  • A ten-yard gap yawned between the cat and the next boat.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • A ten-yard gap yawned between the cat and the next boat.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Finally, with the rain coming down harder than ever before, we faced another four down; this time at their ten-yard line with fifty seconds left.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Danny Allsopp: This Saturday: In a ten-yard radius near the top of the opponent's penalty box.

    DC United vs. Colorado match preview Box Seats blogger 2010

  • Finally, with the rain coming down harder than ever before, we faced another four down; this time at their ten-yard line with fifty seconds left.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • A ten-yard gap yawned between the cat and the next boat.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • A ten-yard Danny Woodhead run made it 34-16 Patriots, and New England's maligned defense rallied, limiting Denver to a single touchdown on a 2-yard Tebow run in the fourth quarter.

    Tebow-Mania Ends...For Now Jason Gay 2011

  • A ten-yard gap yawned between the cat and the next boat.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

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