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How to use the word in-basket in a Sentence?

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I was surprised to see the Alitalia brand go – not because it was in a healthy state, it had been a financial basket case for so long, but because nevertheless it had carried on and on.

Miquel Ros

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It seems like perpetual-failed-candidate Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables has run stale, not unlike herself, it’s pathetic, it’s divisive, and it is further cementing her legacy of cringe.

Taylor Budowich

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It takes millions of gallons of water for a golf course, it's going to reach a point when people have to decide,' Do I survive or do I play golf ? Should I have a lawn in the desert or pay a $ 100 for a basket of berries ?'.

Gordon Tharrett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Once [ customers ] are in the store, they can fill out the rest of their basket, which the store might make a higher margin on.

Ernest Baskin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My basket was almost full, and I found something really overcoming me in such a way that I couldn't breathe.

Jada Pinkett Smith

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Yes, I got a lot of Facebook messages, a lot of text messages from people, Instagram DMs. It’s been a lot of contact from people I haven’t talked to and people I have kept in touch with, it’s amazing they remember me from playing there. I tell them thank you but at the end of the day it’s not about me. I’m along for the ride just like you guys are because I had my opportunity but it didn’t work out. But I’m living through them because it’s something I would have loved to do and they’re doing it. So, for me, it’s like thank you guys for thinking of me but it’s not even about me, it’s more so about them Clark is the school's all-time leader in points scored and one of the few Peacocks players who have gone on to play professional basketball after college. He played from 2002-2006 but never got a chance to play in the tournament. Keydren Clark of Umana competes with Jerel Mc Neal of Fabi Shoes during the Lega Basket Series. A match between Umana Venezia and Fabi Shoes Montegranaro at Palaverde on October 30, 2011, in Treviso, Italy.  (Arturo Presotto - Iguana Press/Getty Images) He said he was pretty hyped to watch Saint Peter's take down a giant like Kentucky.

Keydren Clark

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Football taught him to be tougher, that’s why, when he drives to the basket, the contact means nothing to him. He’s going to play through it.

Mark Davis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It felt good, they kept feeding me. Told me to keep attacking until they stop me. So that’s what I did. The basket felt super big tonight.

Frank Vogel

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I feel confident getting the ball on the block, it’s something I’ve done my whole life playing with my back to the basket and playing confident.

Joey Brunk

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's not quite so simple as stick it in the traditional basket of escalate, de-escalate, he did that by putting 190,000 troops on the border. He could have de-escalated and got everything he wanted pretty much. He didn't do it.

Dan Hoffman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Concentration risk is something that is talked about internally, talked about in the regulatory community as a concern, putting all your eggs in one basket isn’t always the best approach.

Christopher Marsh-Bourdon

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

They hunt the 3 ball a little bit more than in the past, you’re still talented. You’ve still got big guys around the basket. But I think their willingness to shoot the 3 a little quicker changes how you have to prepare for them, and especially if they’re making them like they were today.

Bill Fennelly

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We made aggressive plays at the end of the game trying to go to the basket, it just didn’t go our way. We’ve got to be better. We were not at our best today.

Will Wade

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The biggest thing was making her settle for jump shots and not being so close to the basket.

Kayla Jones

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Robert is a huge piece of what we do, but I thought we did a good job defensively, we've just got to do a better job putting the ball in the basket.

Grant Williams

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

These can be much more nutritious choices to grab, versus snacks like chips and cookies. I recommend keeping a supply of fruit on the countertop — right now in my fruit basket, you’ll find fresh cherries, mandarin oranges, and bananas — as well as cut fruit and vegetables in the fridge, pair [fruits and vegetables] with a couple of tablespoons of nuts or a string cheese for a snack that will keep you fuller for longer.

Amy Gorin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When a celebrity is officially dropped from a brand the publicist should focus immediately on providing comfort and consolation, send a big gift basket and be there 24/7 for them, they should also give reassurances about the future and offer actions about what that celebrity can take to make their situation better. Telling a client to drop out of the public eye for a few months isn't a bad idea. Right now the world is moving so fast and most people have a very short attention span. The likelihood of a global event or national scandal eclipsing what your client had been involved in is reasonably high. Let time heal.

Ryan McCormick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I feel like I was able to go back, but no need to risk it down 16, 18 at that point, it doesn’t make sense to go back out there and possibly tweak it. Just rest and get ready for the next game. Mitchell missed his first four shots, including a pair of drives to the basket, and didn’t make his first basket until there was 7:34 left in the second quarter. He then proceeded to score Utah's next 16 points, which included four 3-pointers. It was the first time in his last 23 games that Mitchell had gone scoreless in the first quarter.

Donovan Mitchell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Online shopping allows shoppers to avoid abundant in-store marketing and enticing food stimuli, which encourages us to add items to our basket that we didn't plan to purchase.

Laura Zatz

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They play physical, so we definitely have to be more physical next game, get to our spots, get to the basket, keep attacking the paint, they’re making us work.

Luke Kennard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They put a lot of eggs in the Serum Institute basket and Serum Institute was a strategic error given that what has happened in India was entirely predictable. It should not have caught any of us by surprise.

Andrea Taylor

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I thought we needed to be more aggressive attacking the basket, i thought we settled in the first half and we had zero free-throw attempts. ... In the second half, we got aggressive and started attacking the basket.

Nate McMillan

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I have no problem with the ECB adding rental or home-owners’ costs to its basket, but if I am concerned about house prices in Berlin or Madrid, asking the ECB to deal with it is not the right way.

Washington University professor Danny Leipziger

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We fought, we weren't the best team in the tournament. No one thought we'd be here. We believed in each other. We didn't play a great game, but we battled. We played our hearts out. ... We came within a basket of winning a national championship. So I'm proud. It's hard. It does hurt. Like my heart's broken. But I can't ask for anything more of this team.

Adia Barnes

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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