This is from a famous book, "Death on the Nile," written by one of my favorite writers, Agatha Christie.
Still, I can't help but thinking that she meant singled, not signalled.
Or maybe it's a British thing that I don't know about.
FOUND ONLINE: Ramsey said he had knee surgery to repair an "OCD" (basically a cartilage injury) in high school, and recovery from that took him off the football field for the first time.
If you have to explain what an OCD is (I have never heard of it), then why say it?
Ramsey said he had knee surgery to repair a cartilage injury in high school, and recovery from that took him off the football field for the first time.
ALSO FOUND ONLINE: Now that Kevin Hogan's 10-year career at Stanford (at least it seemed that way) is over, the Cardinal have a vacancy.
The Cardinal is the mascot for Stanford, and it's not a bird; it's a color (like red). I'd say the Cardinal has. Actually that sounds weird, too. It would be safer to say that the team has a vacancy.
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