| 1. | At the time, the situation was dire for Italian soccer.
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| 2. | Even in such dire circumstances, Chen's personality sparkled.
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| 3. | Their situations are invariably complicated, frequently dire and sometimes hopeless.
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| 4. | Great endings to championship games in the most dire of circumstances.
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| 5. | From the moment, Manley's existence turned more dire.
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| 6. | Now, the situation facing Ms . Bhutto is more dire.
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| 7. | The Kings, meanwhile, have more immediate and dire concerns.
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| 8. | Dire Straits sang in " Sultans of Swing ."
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| 9. | I think the overall situation the mayor faces is very dire,
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| 10. | Something dire was happening to the spacecraft's electric current.
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