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Championship Final

March Madness: Championship Final

This is it, folks. We’ve reached the main event: the winner-takes-all championship final of the Oxford Dictionaries Bracket Challenge. After three rounds of brutal takedowns, white-knuckled anticipation, and not a little bit of hyperbole, only two worthy contenders are left to complete for the title of Favorite Sport Expression. Saved by the bell Defined in [...]

Posted on: March 26 2012 | Comments: 1 | Categories: Competitions and quizzes, Word origins | Tags: , , , , , , ,

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