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 n.— «Welcome, to the scouting combine, which is more like gym class than a football game. Players go through a battery of tests from a standing broad jump to vertical leap to a shuttle run.» —“NFL Scouting Combine: Welcome to the meat market” by Danny O’Neil in Indianapolis, Indiana Seattles Times (Washington) Feb. 22, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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