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The last 10 days have seen a few more names added to his list of long-term probables, including Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster, who Capello described as "playing with confidence" during the friendly win over Slovakia.
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There was one net for the elect, the remnants of last year's Eleven and the 'probables' for this season, and half a dozen more for lesser lights.
A Prefect's Uncle 1928
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Speedy goalkicker Wade Thompson and rookie Cameron Hitchcock provided plenty of spark for the 'probables' side and midfielder Kane Cornes also looked at home forward of the centre square.
AFL Latest News 2010
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A large number of others are known, especially in eastern Canada; and for many "probables," meteoric origin has now been proved.
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"probables," leaving the much-smaller confirmed toll.
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"probables," leaving the much-smaller confirmed toll.
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By the end of the 1980s Cuba experienced the publication of titles with more than 30,000 numbers each (El año 200, or Fábulas de una abuela extraterrestre, among others), and in the 1990s many young writers kept on producing sf, even if they could not publish but very few anthologies of short stories (Polvo en el viento, Horizontes probables, Reino eterno ...).
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Nevertheless, the fact that Gareth Southgate felt moved to turn down the England job is a bitter blow to the FA, because if even people who are not on your list of possible probables are publicly rejecting you, then you clearly have a recruitment problem.
Gareth Southgate, Capello's job, and the art of ruling oneself out | Harry Pearson 2011
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After some last-minute wrangling to find some extra rest for Jake Peavy, the White Sox decided on their pitching probables for this weekend's series at Nationals Park.
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Several carrier pilots got repeated opportunities: Lieutenant jg Henry K. Champion fired at seven bandits in succession, claiming a kill and two probables.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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