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Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.
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Sports The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.
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An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment. Often used in the plural with singular or plural verb.
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The reclamation of flooded or marshy land.
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