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  • 51Toss — Toss, Tossed or Tossing may refer to:;Cricket * Full toss, cricket delivery * Toss (cricket);Music * Tossed , a song by Frank Black on his eponymous album;People * Toss Woollaston;Places * Töss and Töss (river), in Zürich;Salad * Salad tossing.… …

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  • 52Fox tossing — was a popular competitive blood sport in parts of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, which involved throwing live foxes and other animals high into the air. The tossing would take place in an arena, usually either created by setting up a… …

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  • 53bullfighting — See bullfighter. * * * Spanish corrida de toros Spectacle, popular in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, in which matadors ceremonially taunt, and usually kill, bulls in an arena. Spectacles with bulls were common in ancient Crete, Thessaly, and …

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  • 54toss — toss1 [ tɔs ] verb ** ▸ 1 throw something carelessly ▸ 2 get rid of something ▸ 3 move something up and down ▸ 4 cover something in liquid ▸ 5 throw coin into air ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to throw something somewhere gently or in a slightly… …

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  • 55toss — verb 1) he tossed the ball over the fence Syn: throw, hurl, fling, sling, cast, pitch, lob, project; informal heave, chuck 2) he tossed a coin and it landed heads Syn: flip, flick 3 …

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  • 56toss — I UK [tɒs] / US [tɔs] verb Word forms toss : present tense I/you/we/they toss he/she/it tosses present participle tossing past tense tossed past participle tossed ** 1) a) [transitive] to throw something somewhere gently or in a slightly careless …

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  • 57toss out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms toss out : present tense I/you/we/they toss out he/she/it tosses out present participle tossing out past tense tossed out past participle tossed out informal 1) to offer an idea or plan I just tossed that… …

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  • 58tempest-tost — adjective pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities • Syn: ↑buffeted, ↑storm tossed, ↑tempest tossed, ↑tempest swept • Similar to: ↑troubled * * * adjective see tempest …

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  • 59Forward pass — In several forms of football a forward pass is when the ball is thrown in the direction of the opponent s end line.American and Canadian FootballIn American and Canadian football, a forward pass mdash; usually called simply a pass mdash; consists …

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  • 60Likelihood principle — In statistics,the likelihood principle is a controversial principle of statistical inference which asserts that all of the information in a sample is contained in the likelihood function.A likelihood function arises from a conditional probability …

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