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The word "refs" is informal and typically used in specific contexts
It is commonly used in sports or academic writing to refer to references or referees. Example: "The refs made a controversial call during the game that changed the outcome."
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refs
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A scheduled meal break during a shift, short for refreshments.
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In our league the game was generally played well and usually the refs would stamp anything out, especially with swearing and stuff like that.
(I'd spend the next six weeks bemoaning the arbitrary nature of video review. To wit, if the basket hadn't occurred right before a TV timeout, would the refs had conferred the replay?) I immediately got that disgusting feeling in my stomach typically reserved for Philly sports teams in big moments.
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Despite what fans may chant from the stands, refs are able to unpick intent in handballs, divine the degree of danger in ugly tackles and calm fraying tempers as no computer can.
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There were warning signs the replacement refs utterly failed to command the respect of players and coaches but still, we watched.
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If anything, the refs' weakness added a NASCAR-like undercurrent of incipient chaos to every game.
Electronic refs George Robertson punches above his weight ReprintsAt the time, this change combined good sense with good politics.
Electronic refs George Robertson punches above his weight Reprints.
But I don't blame the refs for not turning up for work.
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