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  • My favorite aspect of it, and I think I might expand the idea into a post later, is getting pushed to the brink of survival ... and charging headlong off the cliff to either survive or blow up in an epic last-man stand scene.

    It is dark, you are likely to be eaten by a Zombie Ben Abraham 2008

  • Seb Coe's brilliant last-man stand with a pub landlordCricketing achievement of the month?

    Louis Oosthuizen strikes blow for hackers on the range 2010

  • Occasionally my father's now famous collection of eight would dwindle down to a dangerous pair or even a single, last-man standing.

    Green Gold 2009

  • I hate spin, but there is no spin in saying that the NHL playoffs continue to be the best run of games in the universe for action, story lines and a last-man standing mentality, even if the players are standing with some pretty serious body pains.

    Carolina, Edmonton showcase the new NHL in glorious fashion, without apology 2006

  • A joint tenancy, then, was a sort of last-man club in land.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • A joint tenancy, then, was a sort of last-man club in land.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • A joint tenancy, then, was a sort of last-man club in land.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Japan and Syria,in which Japan's goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima was ejected and suspended for the next match against already-eliminated Saudi Arabia for what was determined to be a last-man foul on Syria's Sanharib Malki.

    NYT > Home Page By BEHROOZ AFRAKHAN 2011

  • Foy had controversially sent off Jose Bosingwa for what he deemed a last-man challenge before dismissing striker Didier Drogba for a two-footed lunge.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Foy then controversially sent off Jose Bosingwa for a last-man challenge and was left with no choice but to dismiss Blues striker Didier Drogba for a two-footed lunge.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

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