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surefire - definition and meaning
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The way the Democrats see it, it is worth all of the effort to lock in surefire voters like Grimsley as early as possible.
Democrats bank on early voting to bridge enthusiasm gap Shailagh Murray 2010
Like Tribeca, the Sundance and South by Southwest film festivals, both of which precede Tribeca at the dawn of the festival season, also boast large film rosters, but both are known as surefire buzz machines for new, and mostly independent, filmmakers.
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The way the Democrats see it, it is worth all of the effort to lock in surefire voters like Grimsley as early as possible.
Democrats hope early voters will give them an edge Shailagh Murray 2010
Stuart's point was that football pundits were overrating Bradford - he was being called a surefire star - not that Bradford was a failure.
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Future Zombies (defined as surefire zombies before their current contract expires):
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Wyckoff, a 12-year-old sixth grader at Evergreen 6 Academy in Paradise, begins his path, to what coach Johnny Morelli called a surefire storied wrestling career, July 5 at the Youth Friendship Games in Vienna, Austria.
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Needless to say, poor Ollie's book possesses none of these "surefire " tips.
The girl who kicked the publisher's keister for misplacing an apostrophe Peter Rozovsky 2010
Once and future NDP candidate Michael Byers has an article in the Toronto Star proposing a "surefire " way to prevent a Harper majority.
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He has worked as content provider and article writer with different websites such as surefire -trading. com, TradinStrategies. info and GuppyTraders. com.
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