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Meanings of lame duck in anglès

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Usage of lame duck in anglès
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Before that lame duck in the fo'c'sle stuck his tobacco-cutter into my jaw.
The Captain of the Kansas
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It's why he's always given the lame duck category each year.
The Guardian
3
The issue of Putin as a lame duck disappears, said Stanovaya.
Reuters
4
Particularly Daniels, a lame duck, wobbling toward the climax of his political career.
The charlemagne pursuit
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A lame duck, too-buthe 'most got me under the bar.
The Jungle
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As a lame duck president, my record is all I have.
The abduction
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That it would make him a lame duck from day one.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
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Others believe he is keeping his options open to avoid becoming a lame duck.
Reuters
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She is a lame duck, you know, but she can get about all right.
The Queen's Cup
10
With Falcón off, Atlético had no choice but to send on a lame duck.
The Guardian
11
I'll have no lame duck's daughter in my family.
Vanity Fair
12
She will be a lame duck president beginning today.
Reuters
13
But Obama is a lame duck now, and at the Correspondents' Dinner he let loose.
NY Magazine
14
Legislation to streamline federal regulations for new drugs could come up during the lame duck session.
Reuters
15
Analysts said Ahmadinejad is likely to survive his term - but as a lame duck president.
Reuters
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The election was thrown to the lame duck House then dominated by the opposition Federalist party.
The Guardian
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