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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Competition climbing is laughable in this country, and is probably a dead duck anyway.
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In April Harold Wilson admitted what everyone else already knew: the Bill was a dead duck .
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Recruiting outsiders is a dead duck for the moment; another five years of failure and the time may yet come.
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Whether voters are bored, confused or scared of losing popular services, it seems to be a dead duck .