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- noun Plural form of
throw-in .
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Examples
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Using a barrage of long passes, accurate crosses and gargantuan throw-ins, the team's punishing style of play has terrorized some of the game's traditional powers.
Stoke Plays the Ugly Bug Ball Jonathan Clegg 2011
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As it was, there was even a dearth of long throw-ins to cause mayhem.
Manchester City must evolve after FA Cup success over Stoke City 2011
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Pulis would likely take grave offence if you suggested he'd been up to anything as underhand and fancy as tiki-taka but the increasing use of silky wing play has helped move the side away from a reliance on Rory Delap's long throw-ins and sundry other set plays, all arrowed towards the big men in the box.
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They never looked comfortable dealing with Delap's missiles and the only surprise was that none of his throw-ins yielded the second goal that would have made the scoreline look so much better.
Stoke City 1-0 Hajduk Split | Europa League match report 2011
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That sort of aura usually dims for people embroiled with England and there was, for instance, a comedy of powerlessness this season when the players enraged him at a training session by ignoring his instructions about throw-ins.
Fabio Capello's chance to leave an England legacy tinged with optimism | Kevin McCarra 2011
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As a fellow professional thrower what do you think of Rory Delap's long throw-ins?
Adrian Lewis: 'I'm not as friendly with Phil Taylor as I once was' 2011
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"Key figures to watch this evening will be the ball-boys tonight with their little towels - bless em."6 min: There have been a lot of throw-ins so far.
Stoke City v Newcastle United - as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2011
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Cast-offs, throw-ins and late-season pickups made the difference for both teams, as solid pitching and timely hitting trumped star-studded lineups in six-game AL and NL championship series.
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"I'm loving Ryan Taylor using the Delap towel for throw-ins," says Ken Danbury.
Stoke City v Newcastle United - as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2011
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Kenwyne Jones wasted a wonderful chance to add a second goal and Ryan Shawcross had a glancing header cleared off the line from one of a number of Rory Delap throw-ins that caused consternation in the visitors' penalty area.
Stoke City 1-0 Hajduk Split | Europa League match report 2011
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