Not only the English players but others like Ronaldo and Vidic were not so sharp.

BBC: Man Utd blame defeat on fatigue

The man stood up and imitated a firing squad with his two chimpanzee arms, ticking off a volley of bullets and displaying, as he did so, sharp but not entirely white front teeth.

NEWYORKER: Heirs

So ... it's not quite as sharp in the graphics department as some other tablets on the market, nor is it as pretty as its main handheld gaming competition, the PlayStation Vita.

ENGADGET: Hands-on with Wikipad, the $500 Android gaming tablet (video)

Ministers have been pressing hospitals to concentrate on cutting the waiting lists for non-urgent operations, so they may not have made sufficient preparations for the sharp rise in emergency admissions that winter often brings.

ECONOMIST: Hospitals

Here it sloped sharp into the water, so ye did not get too close.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Kieron Smith, boy'

But this person is sharp, and not usually prone to verbal linkbait, so I dug deeper.

FORBES: Big Data And The Innovator's Dilemma

However, if markets, or the economy, take a sharp turn for the worse, investors may not be so brave.

ECONOMIST: Emerging-market debt

But if foreign investors are so concerned, why is the dollar's decline not accompanied by a sharp rise in bond yields?

ECONOMIST: Why the dollar is falling

This so-called Y2K speedbump is considered a threat to shaky Asian companies not prepared for a sharp spike in orders followed by an evaporation in demand.

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