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The phrase "left on the clock" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the amount of time that remained on a clock or timer before it reached a specific time or finished counting down. Example: "Despite their efforts, the team was unable to score a goal in the last few minutes left on the clock."
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Meanwhile the Patriots are beating the Texans with just a minute left on the clock.
On second and 17, Forte ran up the left side for a 15-yard gain with 15 seconds left on the clock.
Then, with two minutes left on the clock, Delon Armitage fed Tait on the overlap in the left corner.
That play ended with 1 50 left on the clock.
There were 18.9 seconds left on the clock.
He only has 10 minutes left on the clock.
There are 21 seconds left on the clock.
As he put it to me, "I have fourteen months left on the clock".
There is just 2 31 left on the clock, but the Giants have two timeouts.
"I had no idea how much time was left on the clock".
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With one minute left on the vote clock, he called the ally, Representative Peter T. King of New York.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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