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- noun Plural form of
wide .
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Examples
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"Their opponents 'no ball rate was reasonably good too - six out of 363.5 overs - but the wides were a significant contributor to Zealand's totals," the paper added.
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"You can see it as a negative line and the umpire did think so, too, and obviously those were called wides," he said.
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At the ' wides ' the bonds were yielding nearly 700 basis points more and similar maturity in bunds.
Five Ways to Bet On Ireland Brett Arends 2010
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At the end of an Oval Test which had involved the bowling of a suspicious and unprecedented 362 wides, it all got a bit much for the former prime minister and honorary life vice-president of Surrey, who ran out on to the pitch wildly firing his bodyguard's gun and shouting something about warm beer and betrayal.
Look away, Simon Cowell and John Humphrys. 2012 won't be your year | David Mitchell 2012
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Just in time for spring, Hom, purveyor of stylish, modern, prefab double-wides, furniture, accessories, and lighting, has teamed with eco-friendly LA-based furniture manufacturer Cisco Brothers to announce a new line of sustainable outdoor furniture.
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After a single and a two, Kallis rams in a bouncer that bounces over the keeper for five wides.8th over: England 23-3 Trott 9, Bopara 4 Morkel replaces Steyn and is edged wide of the solitary slip by Bopara.
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France and Belgium, who pledged their support to battered bank Dexia, also recorded fresh CDS wides.
European Stocks Slide on Greek Worries Andrea Tryphonides 2011
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"Spreads on investment-grade corporates remain near two-year wides, yet the fundamental credit climate is relatively strong," said Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery .
Window of Opportunity Open, Corporate Borrowers Dive In Kellie Geressy-Nilsen 2011
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It looked plumb and, although How reviewed it, replays confirmed that it was hitting the top of middle and leg.28th over: New Zealand 118-6 How 21, N McCullum 19 A poor delivery from Krejza goes for five wides down the leg side, and then How edges through the vacant slip area for four.
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Sport has become risibly sanitised, in my humble opinion.2nd over: New Zealand 9-0 Guptill 0, B McCullum 7 Shaun Tait starts with consecutive wides.
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