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99%8Exact Match!
noun

• thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978

31%10 Match official swore to hold ball, having changed viewpoint
verb

• To focus on something else

• To change the focus of

• To change one's priorities

• To come back into focus

29%6Swore in frustration
adjective satellite

• expletives used informally as intensifiers

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