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win did

  • v  to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  • v  extend in curves and turns
  • v  arrange or or coil around
  • v  catch the scent of; get wind of
  • v  coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
  • v  form into a wreath
  • v  raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  • s  breathing laboriously or convulsively

  • In the long-winded discussions about the money sloshing around professional sports, the structure of the businesses receives little attention.
  • Just as Palin kept her head well above water, so too did Biden keep himself under control, staying on message and away from long-winded, condescending and self-serving responses.
  • And yet when the lights and cameras were on, Biden was at his very worst long-winded, self-involved, and off message.
News & Articles

  • Blackhawks' Duncan Keith welcomes heavy workload
    CHICAGO — If Chicago's Duncan Keith was winded after playing nearly 50 minutes in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, well, he had time to catch his breath by Friday. The defenseman shrugged off the heavy load he logged Wednesday night in the triple-overtime thriller that the Blackhawks won 4-3. "It's obviously a long game, but I feel comfortable," Keith said. "I take good care of myself and we ...
    June 15, 2013 - Boston Herald
  • Lakers trainer Gary Vitti: Kobe Bryant progresses, return unclear
    Lakers trainer Gary Vitti checks on a winded Kobe Bryant in a game in March. ( Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times / March 8 , 2013 )
    June 15, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
  • Blackhawks' Keith welcomes heavy workload
    CHICAGO (AP) -- If Chicago's Duncan Keith was winded after playing nearly 50 minutes in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, well, he had time to catch his breath by Friday.
    June 14, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports
Quotes

  • Marie Osmond in Washington Post
    Osmond explained on-air that "once in a while that happens to me when I get winded. I stop breathing."
  • Rick Perry in Austin News
    If you're waitin' for one of those long-winded speeches with a whole bunch of statistics and policy discussion, sorry, you're gonna be disappointed,Perry said.
  • Claire McCaskill in Newsday
    He's in a no-win situation,said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., an Obama backer. "If he stretches out his knowledge and expounds on all the things he knows, he runs the risk of being patronizing. If he is circumspect and is short-winded and...

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