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heave to

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To come to a halt.

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First, let's review the Giants' end-of-the-half heave to Hakeem Nicks.

He needed a desperate heave to get it out of there.

Nehra charges in, and Peterson inside edges a heave to fine leg for four!

Pietersen's innings contained no switch-hitting, only an agricultural heave to long on before he was caught at mid-off.

They had to heave to for almost two days; imagine the huge waves and the misery in the bunks.

It took what Churchill called "one more heave" to defeat them in a second election, in October 1951.

Michael Lee's heave to Simien went perfectly and he spun for a good look at the basket.

Kansas hung on to beat Davidson after a buzzer-beater heave to win the game missed left for Wildcats.

Devin Harris provided it with a halfcourt heave to beat the buzzer that needed a long review before it counted.

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The slender and flexible lakers seek shelter or heave-to to survive these storms.

Shortly after the Japanese turned back Gromoboi and Rossia were forced to heave-to to make repairs.

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