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Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, Americans'paychecks are a little bigger today.
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Both players already passed through waivers and were not touched by other teams.
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In Midland Township, mainly the Overland area, the ban passed by only two votes.
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Martinez rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns and passed for another score.
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He'd passed an instant background check as required, according to news accounts.
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That means Merkel would have to put more effort into getting legislation passed.
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Thompson, a junior guard, passed Don Collins for third in career scoring at WSU.
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The proposal already passed the Senate 36-13 and must make it through the House.
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He passed for 14 touchdowns, with just five interceptions and ran for seven TDs.
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More examples
  • Base on balls: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
  • Go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
  • Passing(a): of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
  • (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
  • Travel by: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
  • (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
  • PASS (the Proof of Age Standards Scheme) is a government-backed scheme in the UK that gives young people a valid and accepted form of proof of age identification. The scheme is supported by the Home Office, the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
  • This is a list of botanists by their author abbreviation, including that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992), designed for citation in the botanical names they have published. For this purpose a standardised index is available, published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1992. ...
  • In a range of hills or, especially, of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, hause, bwlch (Welsh), brennig or bealach (Gaelic)) is a path that allows the crossing of a mountain chain. It is usually a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. ...