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v.— «Prado also earned the ire of Million-winning trainer Michael Matz, who continued to insist that the determined West Coast reinsman had given him a commitment to ride Kicken Kris in the Million. Instead, Matz insisted, Prado and agent Bob Fries reneged—”spun,” in the parlance of the backstretch—six days before the Arlington centerpiece.» —“Dettori gets long shot home in Beverly D.” Chicago Sun-Times Aug. 15, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Quiz Guy John Chaneski says that lately he’s been thinking a lot about Greece for some reason. So his puzzle this week is based on the Greek alphabet. Each clue’s blank must be filled by a word or phrase that sounds like the name of a Greek letter...
Is there such a thing as a “neutral” accent, and if so what does it sound like? And that quirk in the way southern Californians talk about freeways. They’ll say things like take the 405 and get on the 8. Why the definite article...