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 n.— «In the third period, the Americans got some “jam” as Laviolette refers to it and stormed Latvian goalie Arturs Irbe with 19 shots.» —“Team USA makes medal run tougher with opening tie” by Tim Panaccio in Turin, Italy San Jose Mercury-News (California) Feb. 15, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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