"dominating" = "utterly submissive, ineffectual"

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 21 19:08:50 UTC 2013


Or just bad writing...
DanG


On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Another reversal, possibly via "overwhelming."
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> JL
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> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> "There will be plenty of pieces of the blame pie to go around after
>> the Patriots' sudden, stunning, and dominating 28-13 loss to the
>> Ravens in Sunday night's AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium."
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>> Boston Globe sports columnist Greg A. Bedard, "On Football", in today's
>> issue.
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>> Joel
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