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- noun Plural form of
no-show .
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Examples
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Because unlike Mrs. Bachmann, or Mr. Perry, or the no-shows, Mr. Cain has fundamentally altered the dynamics of the GOP primary.
The Lessons of Herman Cain Kimberley A. Strassel 2011
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I've moved further away from Belfast than most of my fellow pupils (one other attendee had come from Italy; a couple of no-shows are across the Atlantic), and my father is twenty years dead, my mother lives in Dublin, my sister in France and my brother in Massachusetts.
President Kaczyński burkesworks 2010
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Tellingly, the ones who most needed to hear and heed those words were conspicuously absent: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman and Defense Minister Barak were all no-shows, begging the question: are they irrelevant to Israel's national security?
Yael Swerdlow: The Eleventh Annual Herzliya Conference: The Balance of Israel's National Security Yael Swerdlow 2011
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However, several no-shows failed to attend as they had become "apprehensive" about political persecution.
Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: Infiltrating the DEA, Expropriated Golf Course, Halliburton's Ties to Venezuelan Oil Company Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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But the Westboro nuts were no-shows. 30 of the kids still stood out in the rain with their soggy wings anyway to make their point.
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Tellingly, the ones who most needed to hear and heed those words were conspicuously absent: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman and Defense Minister Barak were all no-shows, begging the question: are they irrelevant to Israel's national security?
Yael Swerdlow: The Eleventh Annual Herzliya Conference: The Balance of Israel's National Security Yael Swerdlow 2011
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In September, he and Blankfein were conspicuous no-shows when Obama delivered a major speech on financial reform at Federal Hall — an absence interpreted by the industry and the White House as a signal of their growing displeasure.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » New Names, Same Old Enemies 2010
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Fahran Abdi , Ayub's father, refused a referral to a dietitian in late 2009, and the family were no-shows for Ayub's next two checkups.
Out Front in the Fight on Fat Betsy McKay 2011
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His life at United has become a story of no-shows, stand-up rows and other disciplinary matters.
Ravel Morrison is the teenager Manchester United struggle to control 2012
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However, several no-shows failed to attend as they had become "apprehensive" about political persecution.
Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: Infiltrating the DEA, Expropriated Golf Course, Halliburton's Ties to Venezuelan Oil Company Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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