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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He is a moderate who won election and later was able to parlay that experience into national exposure as a Washington outsider.
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His major was economics, but there is no record of any attempt to parlay it into a career.
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In many states, liberalized workers' compensation programs have permitted unscrupulous employees to parlay minor ailments into early retirements.
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Workers that have developed unique skills that they parlay into jobs or their own businesses have enjoyed more success.