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Examples
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Waugh made it his goal to eliminate the complacency of so-called dead-rubber games.
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The girls are always a bit more brave, trying my tender knobs and latches, tip-toeing like they're actually a secret, as if I don't know already the dead-rubber stench of their shoes.
In the Flesh DJ Young 2011
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The expectation is that the Test championship playoffs would generate interest in otherwise dull games or dead-rubber matches as countries battle to secure a top-four ranking and a playoff berth.
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The dead-rubber syndrome may have had a bearing on England's one-day games with Australia but it will not apply in the contest against Bangladesh.
England call up Ravi Bopara for Ian Bell for Bangladesh series decider 2010
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In 2006, the figure was nine of 63 (and one of those was a dead-rubber group match between Argentina and the Netherlands after both had already qualified): 14%.
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The last thing the Magpies needed from the dead-rubber clash with the Dockers was casualties on the eve of September, but that looks to be the likely outcome for Thomas.
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Eleven months ago, Balotelli missed the dead-rubber Europa League clash against Juventus in Turin after being rested by Mancini - 18 months earlier, Juve fans had chanted, 'There are no black Italians,' during Inter's visit to the Stadio Communale.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Mark Ogden 2011
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The win also ensured South Africa's passage to the quarter-finals with Ireland due to play a dead-rubber tie on Friday against Holland, who currently prop up the table.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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The victory was England's first against Australia in six one-day internationals and will reinvigorate a series which had been one-sided so far, and which would have headed into dead-rubber territory had the hosts emerged victorious at the Adelaide Oval.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Australia make three changes from their dead-rubber victory over Sri Lanka in November:
The Guardian World News Rob Smyth 2011
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