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McGrady scored 25 points in the first half but only 10 in the second as the Magic squandered a 13-point lead and were beaten,
NBA - National Basketball Association - Orlando vs. Memphis 2002
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Take four pound of good fat Holland cheese, and six pound of good fresh cheese curd of a morning milk cheese or better, beat them in a stone or Wooden mortar, then put sugar to them, & two pound of well washed currans, twelve eggs, whites & all, being first well beaten,
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Take 3 gallons of water, 2-1/2 pints molasses, 3 eggs well beaten,
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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I've been at this work for twenty years, and, though I've been often beaten,
Mr. Standfast John Buchan 1907
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'In that case I must go away,' replied Cargrim, seeing he was beaten,
The Bishop's Secret Fergus Hume 1895
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The pies and gell I thowt thot geed, (1) they hardlins could be beaten,
Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems Frederic William Moorman 1895
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Now, when Pallas Athene discovered the Greeks would be beaten,
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Various 1887
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It were alms, [324] by my troth, thou were well beaten,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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If Garnett had been as strong as McClellan believed him, he had abundant time and means to overwhelm Morris, who lay four days in easy striking distance, while the National commander delayed attacking Pegram; and had Morris been beaten,
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 Jacob Dolson Cox 1864
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The Braves under-16 division one boys took on a tough Spectres line-up and were beaten,
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