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The triple Olympic champion, and an unbackable favourite to retain his world title, burst from his blocks in lane five but within just a couple of strides was tearing off his Jamaican vest in fury, roaring his frustration as he realised the enormity of his error.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The triple Olympic champion, and an unbackable favourite to retain his world title, burst from his blocks in lane five but within just a couple of strides was tearing off his Jamaican vest in fury, roaring his frustration as he realised the enormity of his error.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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But despite being at unbackable odds with regional NSW's least reputable bookies, it turned out that the future Mrs A had that unmistakable spirit of the underdog and a mean left hook that saw me pledge my commitment to her instead.
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The Herald Sun reports a severely jetlagged Stefanovic, who raced home from covering the royal wedding to attend the Logies ceremony at Crown, was second favourite at $4 to Packed to the Rafters star Gibney, who was listed by one betting agency at an unbackable $1.75.
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But, as the $1.09 price suggests, the All Blacks are just about unbackable favourites.
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How can the Tories be almost-unbackable favourites to win a seat they lost last time by nearly 3,000 votes?
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How can the Tories be almost-unbackable favourites to win a seat they lost last time by nearly 3,000 votes?
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How can the Tories be almost-unbackable favourites to win a seat they lost last time by nearly 3,000 votes?
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Williams will start at almost unbackable odds to defeat world No. 21 Vera Zvonareva, whose gutsy fight through the draw to reach her first grand slam final cannot disguise the fact that she is considered a bit-part player in another Williams coronation.
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How can the Tories be almost-unbackable favourites to win a seat they lost last time by nearly 3,000 votes?
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