"The game became loose at times and there's a danger that you'll get sucked in and lose shape, " said Johnson.

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He said the cleaning process was much gentler on clothes than conventional methods, and was particularly useful for expensive clothing that could lose its shape and color through washing with water and detergents.

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The pace of the match slowed noticably during the last half-hour and Roma began to lose some of their shape.

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Every January, millions of Americans make resolutions to lose weight or get in shape.

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After you lose 20 pounds, get in shape, polish up your high-school French, and write that novel, you may get around to pursuing some self-help regimen that will eliminate this flaw from your personality.

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By moving to Germany, we hope to actually lose some weight and get into better shape.

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To the outside eye of the biographer is added another complication: these characters are chameleons and shape-shifters, deliberately out to lose themselves.

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The problem is I don't want to lose the traditional taste, so I change it completely by changing its shape.

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Her next goal is to lose five more pounds in the next month or two, and to keep working on getting in shape, which means "not have jiggle in places where I have jiggle, " she said.

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