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sidelines

/ ˈɪˌɪԳ /

plural noun

  1. sport the area immediately outside the playing area, where substitute players sit

  2. the peripheral areas of any region, organization, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The president has met each of his G7 counterparts since taking office but he will line up one-on-one meetings on the sidelines - he has already got Carney and the Mexican president in the diary.

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Hundreds of people were cheering from the sidelines and holding up signs with statements like “You run better than our government,” “Hot girls run half marathons” and “Hurry up so we can drink.”

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"Tesla's finished," she told the BBC on the sidelines of the San Francisco Media Summit early this week.

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Meanwhile, Democrats are on the sidelines, wondering how to respond.

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Democrats who were once vocal critics of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are sitting on the sidelines of the New York mayoral primary, and insiders think it’s because Cuomo’s victory appears inevitable.

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