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Word: thirds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...should have won it, but my horse slipped about five strides from the finish." Motion pictures of the race indicated that Palestinian had tried to jump a puddle. Capot, the second choice (at 5 to 1) for the Derby and apparently no mudder, was six lengths back in third place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pink-Nosed Bay | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...exhausted, Freeman still had uncanny control of his serve, a shot that lobs skyward for 30 feet or so, then plummets to earth so dead on the base line that opponents frequently let it drop thinking it will be outside-and it almost never is. The score in the third set crept to 15-all. After winning one point, Freeman put what remaining strength he had left into a final smash. Ooi Teik Hock went down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Win & Out | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...Crimson, finishing the mile and three-quarters course in 8:59,6, never had to row above a 35 beat, although both second-place MIT and third-place BU approached 40 in the final sprint...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Crews Again Sweep Charles As Varsity Trims MIT, BU | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...first eighth-mile Harvard was in command and Tech was a close second. With stroke Bill Curwen holding a 31 1/2 beat, the smooth Crimson shall had a half-length lead on MIT and began to open water on BY, which had faded fast to third...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Crews Again Sweep Charles As Varsity Trims MIT, BU | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...third...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Crews Again Sweep Charles As Varsity Trims MIT, BU | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

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