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 v.— «Pittsburgh kicker Jeff Reed couldn’t have been happier when Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio called a timeout as Reed lined up a 37-yard field-goal attempt with 23 seconds left in their game last Sunday night. Del Rio was trying, in broadcast parlance, to “ice” Reed. What he did was give him a chance to catch his breath.» —“Few NFL stats mean much, but this one does” by Andrew Bagnato AZCentral.com Dec. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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