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Meanings of dead rubber in English

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Usage of dead rubber in English
1
The 26-year-old is being recalled as the match is a dead rubber.
The Irish Times
2
The loss reduces next week's home game against Sale to antic-climactic dead rubber.
The Irish Times
3
The two sides will now contest a dead rubber in Benoni on Friday.
The Guardian
4
Everyone has their own definition of common sense -or indeed a dead rubber.
The Irish Times
5
I certainly don't believe that a test match can ever be a dead rubber.
The South African
6
Ireland had already won the series and the third match was a ' dead rubber'.
The Irish Times
7
The winning streak ended in a dead rubber third Test at Newlands in 2018.
The South African
8
Even by dead rubber standards, this one against Sri Lanka is a particularly lifeless one.
The South African
9
The dead rubber is in Brisbane on July 11.
Radio NZ
10
Holland vs Cameroon in Cape Town: disappointing action on the field, considering it was a dead rubber.
The Guardian
11
There was a time when the Australians seemed to relax when confronted with a dead rubber match.
The Irish Times
12
The commitment of both teams to victory was undeniable but so was the sense of a dead rubber.
The Guardian
13
The second half of this dead rubber was a drab one -until Paul Pogba played the villain.
The South African
14
Maybe England could even stage a dead rubber bowl-off to find out who the second-choice spinner should be.
The Guardian
15
The game is a dead rubber, with the AB's winning the first two of the three test series.
Radio NZ
16
The match was a dead rubber with the hosts having already qualified for next summer's finals before kick-off.
BBC
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Dead rubber across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Rare