After the South Africa game there was disappointment almost as painful, the agonising knowledge that his side had thrown away a game that was practically won.
"Juventus are having a very good season and have practically won the Italian league," said Ancelotti, who previously managed the Turin club.
Reyes practically won a game single-handedly the other night by belting two homers, making a terrific diving stop in the field, and flying across the diamond like a man possessed.
Today, with the war practically won, the committee's chairman, Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Republican of Wisconsin, promised Mr. Frost he would convene a session to examine the issue as soon as Congress returns from its spring recess.
And Kickett did have a point there, to be fair; that season he'd practically won games off his own boot, kicking eight goals against Footscray a month before the axe was swung.
Barack Obama practically won the presidency in 2008 by using social media to connect his campaign to the emotional pulse of the electorate.
"She won" means something different than "She practically won".
President Obama practically won the 2008 Presidential Election by leveraging social media (Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, was amongst his senior advisors).
In addition to ignoring the fifty-move rule, a computer in a difficult position might avoid the losing side of a tablebase ending even if the opponent cannot practically win without himself knowing the tablebase.
All of which was a great pity really, because I am a long-standing fan of the place itself, and of Wales' biggest prize of the year, not least because practically my first winning bet was on Deblin's Green and jockey Nigel Wakley, the winners in 1973.
