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And you in the midstretch — with your shrunken home values and denuded brokerage accounts, 401 (k) s, and 529s — take heed: those anxious Muncie burghers were right.

Life In (and After) Our Great Recession 2009

And you in the midstretch — with your shrunken home values and denuded brokerage accounts, 401 (k) s, and 529s — take heed: those anxious Muncie burghers were right.

Life In (and After) Our Great Recession 2009

RK, who had awakened from a nap, stopped in midstretch and hopped up on the console.

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He pulled away at midstretch, holding the lead wire to wire, winning by four lengths.

House of Bush, House of Saud Craig Unger 2004

He pulled away at midstretch, holding the lead wire to wire, winning by four lengths.

House of Bush, House of Saud Craig Unger 2004

In the midstretch, Seabiscuit a full length ahead of the threatening runner, Rosemont:

Celebrities Hardwick, Elizabeth 2001

Laura Hillenbrand, in her microscopic recreations of every moment from the morning workout, the balking steeds at the starting gate, the midstretch to the finish line and back to the paddock for a chat with horse, rider, trainer, and owners, seems as close as Clem McCarthy on the radio to actions that took place over sixty years ago.

Celebrities Hardwick, Elizabeth 2001

She stopped, midstretch, her predator's senses alert to something very wrong.

Deep Water Laura Anne Gilman 2000

Just as I finish the math, about half the field flies by Justin Phillip in midstretch.

NY Daily News DAILY NEWS STAFF 2011

One race earlier, Uncle Mo, Stay Thirsty's more famous stablemate, made his comeback from a liver disease in the Grade 1, $250,000 King's Bishop Stakes and lost by a nose to Caleb's Posse $13.80 after taking a clear lead in midstretch.

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