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That could-be insurer might be a government, charged with looking after the health care of its citizens.
Pharma a Public Utility?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The best way to access this could-be entertainment is with your eyes, not your ears.
Tom Alderman: A Well-Written Story Poorly Told Tom Alderman 2010
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On the Saturday night before Valentine's Day, a line of could-be, wannabe and surefire nerds runs out DC9's door and down the block.
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Right now, as the debt ceiling drama unfolds, Americans are at the brink of another could-be historic moment.
Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards: Where Are Our Christian Values In The Debt Ceiling Drama? Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards 2011
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The best way to access this could-be entertainment is with your eyes, not your ears.
Tom Alderman: A Well-Written Story Poorly Told Tom Alderman 2010
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On the Saturday night before Valentine's Day, a line of could-be, wannabe and surefire nerds runs out DC9's door and down the block.
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A lover of rap music, a could-be dancer, a blue-eyed beauty.
Jennifer Cullen: Parenting an Almost-Teenager Jennifer Cullen 2012
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OR ... other agencies could have been really psyched about signing him because he is a tremendous talent, a could-be director of the next Superman film, and is writing batman 3 (which will pay him bucket loads to do).
Steven Spielberg to Finally Make the Jonathan Nolan-Scripted Interstellar? Perhaps | /Film 2010
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The Giants got it back it individually, too, like Mario Manningham, who had a third-quarter touchdown called back after it was said that his knee was down at the one-yard line and then had a second third quarter could-be 37-yard touchdown controversially ruled a drop in the end zone.
Giants Riding High Into the Bye Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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The list of would - and could-be challengers goes and on: Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, Harold Ford Jr.,
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