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  • a  not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding
    the space launch was no-go

  • That's another no-go area, where the government's patience has traditionally been pretty short.
  • And they acknowledge that whole towns in Sunni heartland, such as Fallujah, Samarra, Ramadi and Baqubah have been turned by insurgents into no-go areas for coalition forces.
  • It makes sense that gray hair might be a no-go in the public relations industry, but women in all kinds of professions report feeling similar pressure.
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  • Terry Venables in Mid Sussex Today
    Venables wrote in his column in The Sun: "If Capello is going to let Owen and Rooney grow into the partnership I believe they can become, then areas of the pitch have to become no-go areas for Rooney."
  • Robert Gates in AFP
    A few months ago, this place was a ghost town, a no-go zone,Gates told marines at their outpost lined with dirt-filled barriers and razor wire.
  • Joe Maddon in The Associated Press
    There has been a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism. One of the results of this has been to further alienate the young from the nation in which they were growing up and also to turn already separate communities into 'no-go'... Michael Nazir-Ali http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nazir-Ali&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHEOvG-BsOJjGcxCGpqzSwoPDqDPA International Herald Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/06/news/Britain-Islam.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH-dFz-7X6t5qzxsjy73gb0Mp_wPQ Jan 5, 2008 67800 90400 no-hit Please find somebody that's been no-hit twice and gone to the World Series and won it. I'd really appreciate it," Maddon said. "And if it hasn't happened, please make it up."

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