Sentence examples for mercy rule from inspiring English sources

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mercy rule

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In sporting parlance, a rule that ends a one-sided contest prior to its natural conclusion.

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Is there a mercy rule?

But the mercy rule clearly helps.

"But I don't believe in the mercy rule.

We have a mercy rule in six-man football.

The mercy rule was not invoked, but it should have been.

If professional tennis had a mercy rule, it would have been invoked.

Some columnists have been arguing that hockey ought to institute a mercy rule.

"They didn't have any mercy rule in those days," he said recently.

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The team scored mercy-rule victories in three of their first four games.

Huntington Beach put the mercy-rule running clock into effect in the fourth quarter when its lead reached 40 points.

Yet another game that will require the invocation of the Snarkin' the NFL Mercy Rule.

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