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Examples
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"I feel as if I had just crossed the Great Thirst," he told his hostess, "and that nothing less than a high-ball will preserve me."
THE KANAKA SURF 2010
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'Bring me a high-ball,' he commanded; 'no, bring me two high-balls.'
SHIN-BONES 2010
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It is difficult to know if the disparity is the result of a genuine difference of opinion between OMB and CBO, or an effort by the administration to high-ball the deficit so as to benefit from the good news when the actual deficit comes in lower than expected.
Where are the Jobs?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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No steward on the Wide Awake could mix a high-ball in just the way I like, as well as you.
CHAPTER X 2010
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Bradford got a pitch up, and Feliz showed he can be a high-ball hitter.
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Personally, I liked the episode where Mulder bent Scully over the toilet and was doing her from behind and telling her she was a stupid slut and dunking her head, and then she whacked off the pony into a high-ball glass and poured it on her boobs.
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Pedroia is a very good high-ball hitter with good hand/eye coordination.
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Of course, it's standard political tactic to high-ball your initial position, propose something you know is outrageous and will provoke anger, so when you give up a little, it is perceived as some great concession for glorious compromise.
Bill Scher: Paulson Feeling The Pressure, Time To Demand "Common Sense" 2008
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He's a high-ball hitter and will hit the inside pitches.
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Five of those wins were by Tom Watson, a typical American high-ball hitter who successfully learned, after his first few Opens, to accept what the links and the weather gave him and not try to impose his game on the course.
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