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I am pleading my case, and then I had a technical out of left field and it all went from there".
On MSNBC, Howard Fineman and Chris Matthews came on immediately afterward to dismiss the performance as boring, passionless, overly technical, out of touch, a missed opportunity, etc.
It also may give Republicans a technical out from anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist's pledge, which demands that signatories oppose tax hikes.
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Some of the more technical outs can only be decided by umpires, of which there are always 2 (and sometimes 3) on the field at any given time.
There are mandatory suspensions for boxers who have suffered knock-outs or technical knock-outs.
At the time of the study, there were 15.9 knock outs (KOs) and technical knock outs (TKOs) in MMA per 100 athletes.
Read your technical writing out loud to yourself.
"I won all my matches by technical knock-out... and went home national champion".
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