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One Sport He Worked On Nearing Defeat Crossword Clue

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99%10ONTHEROPESExact Match!
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30%11Defeat after defeat
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25%11Nearing
noun

• the event of one object coming closer to another

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

adjective satellite

• of the relatively near future

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