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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Danilevicius then cracked a powerful volley at goal that was brilliantly saved by Lobont.
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In the British National Corpus:
Jim McInally equalised on the hour with a powerful volley but Rangers sealed the points and clinched a new Premier scoring record of 92 goals when John Brown scored seven minutes later.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The fightback started when, a goal down from a Mido strike, Jamie Carragher collected the ball outside the penalty box from a rebound off the Boro defender’s arm, fired a powerful volley that deflected wickedly off a Boro player, wrong – footing the goalkeeper and into the net.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Taylor was then forced into his – and Chelsea’s – first save of note, stopping a powerful Macheda volley at his near post very well indeed.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Furlong had a (and his only) chance to double the Blues’ tally but his powerful volley was parried by the Peterborough’ keeper. He was replaced by Alex Revell on 88, while the lively Kevin Betsy made his debut, coming on sixteen minutes earlier for Scannell.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Lithuania took control and a powerful volley from Tomas Danilevicius was superbly saved by Bogdan Lobon.
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In Wikipedia:
He scored one league goal for Torino, a powerful volley from the edge of the penalty area, which cannoned in off the far post to draw level with Fiorentina.
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In Wikipedia:
Sakaliev has also scored some beautiful goals for CSKA – on his debut, he scored a bicycle – kick goal against Slavia Sofia and against Steaua he got the ball into the back of the net with a powerful volley.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It was a nice goal in all honesty (a great on – the run powerful volley), but one that hit Roma hard and with their pants down. 2–1 Cluj.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
United left – back Danny Grainger drove a powerful volley over the crossbar from 16 yards before Celtic finally forced Lukasz Zaluska into a save after 39 minutes.
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In Wikipedia:
He scored the sixth goal of the game with a powerful volley from 8 yards in a 6–0 victory.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Danilevicius then cracked a powerful volley at goal that was brilliantly saved by Lobont.
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In Wikipedia:
In the 91 minute of stoppage time down a goal, the ball popped to Mathis outside the box and he struck a powerful left footed volley that the keeper could only deflect into the back of the net, earning a crucial point against fellow relegation battlers Apollon Kalamarias.
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In Wikipedia:
However, in round 11 against, Reinaldo broke his drought and scored after belting home a powerful volley from just inside the box.
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In Wikipedia:
He scored his first goal for the Toffees on his home debut against Standard Liege on September 18 2008 at Goodison Park with a powerful volley from 25 yards out.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Lithuania took control and a powerful volley from Tomas Danilevicius was superbly saved by Bogdan Lobon.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
She’s fast, strong, and has a powerful forehand volley.
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In Wikipedia:
Instead of using a traditional volley or overhead smash, she often prefers to hit a powerful “swinging” volley when approaching the net or attacking lobs.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Late in the first half, senior captain Eric Kissinger struck a powerful volley from outside of the eighteen yard box that missed the top shelf of the goal by only a few feet.
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