He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.
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Rasping
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Bulgarian
1 entries- дрезгав adj (raspy)
Māori
1 entries- māngūngungu adj (raspy)
Polish
1 entries- zgrzytliwy adj (raspy)
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When the opponent has led off with a fine rasping drive, the noble, but somewhat treacherous, spirit of emulation rises in the breast of the rival, and he is tempted to 'press' –ever so little, but just a little too much in order to outdo his antagonist's effort.
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Myhill gets fingertips onto it and helps the rasping drive onto the bar and over or a corner.
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Celta then levelled following a crisp move between Daniel Wass, Guidetti and Orellana, the Chilean sending a rasping drive high beyond Casilla.
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