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• v  ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse

News & Articles

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• HBT Daily: Looking at the All-Star snubs and oversights
  All told? Not too many. And to be honest, enough guys will beg off due to “injuries” in the next week that just about everyone who even remotely deserves a chance to go will go.
  July 8, 2013 - NBC Sports: HardballTalk