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‘Seconds may be leaved.’

[⟨det (plur second.n)⟩ (be.pasv leave.v)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“Shravesty “Not that I like agreeing with Lou Holtz, but the way Washington was penalized for celebrating a potential game – tying TD with two seconds left was, indeed, a shravesty.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A few boos come out. 4–10 at 36: Rodgers complete to Lee for 11 yards; 1–10 at 47: Rodgers complete to Lee for 6 yards; 2–4 at 47: Rodgers complete down right sideline just before Bigby got there for 22 yards; 1–10 at 25: Under pressure, Rodgers stands in and delivers pass to Driver with 26 seconds left. 14 – yard gain; 1–10 at 11: Rodgers complete to Jackson in left flat for 1 yard.
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In Wikipedia:

As the U.S. team tried to clear the zone (move the puck over the blue line, which they did with seven seconds remaining), the crowd began to count down the seconds left.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Broncos Go For 2 Points And Top San Diego Playing with house money, Mike Shanahan went for the 2 – point conversion with 29 seconds left and Jay Cutler hit rookie Eddie Royal over the middle to give the Denver Broncos a 39–38 win over the stunned San Diego Chargers on Sunday.
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In Wikipedia:

Memphis would drive to the Rice 38, until the third – and – one slant was intercepted by Chris Jammer, who broke a tackle and scored with eleven seconds left giving Rice the 47–35 win.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He knows that he only has a few seconds left.
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In Wikipedia:

Trailing 98–96 and facing a Game 7 on the road if they lost that day, John Paxson took a pass from Horace Greg and buried a three pointer with 3.9 seconds left, giving the Bulls a 99–98 lead.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Hurd found some space in the back of the end zone on fourth down with a few seconds left, but Romo’s pass sailed over his head….
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Palmer was sacked three times in the first half, the last on a safety blitz by Kevin Kaesviharn with 2 seconds left.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Of course, two seconds after the boy is left alone he shoots himself in the head.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The second half he got his game together and threw a game winning touchdown with 27 seconds left.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

’ ’ 5,4, 3,2 “I’m like… oh shit, I only have a few seconds left!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But I still managed to beat him with only a couple seconds left (and about 500 HP)! : D Hal HPed and switched to WHM while I was in the cutscene, to R3 Neyla and Poisona me when I got out of CS.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And they’ve just enhanced the experience: there are now displays that count down the seconds left until a light turns red or green, so you know exactly how fast you have to sprint to make it safely across.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Then with a few seconds left, Drew Bledsoe lofted a hail mary-like pass into the end zone and the refs called a very dubious pass interference penalty.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Manning led Indianapolis back from a 15 – 0, second – half deficit, and the Colts edged the Vikings 18–15 on Adam Vinatieri’s 47 – yard field goal with 3 seconds left on Sunday.
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In Wikipedia:

As the U.S. team tried to clear the zone (move the puck over the blue line, which they did with seven seconds remaining), the crowd began to count down the seconds left.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

With 5 seconds left, Terry from the Mavs had a personal foul and KG boosted the Celtics up 94–90 with free throws.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The Stern Button: I did an extensive writeup of this mess for Deadspin, but let me sum things up: The Sixers were up by one point with a few seconds left.
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Queried on 2013-05-21.