Soon after the year began, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who had ruled Tunisia since 1987, and Hosni Mubarak, ruler of Egypt since 1981, were rapidly—and almost bloodlessly—forced out of power.

今年开年不久，自从1987年以来一直统治突尼斯的本 阿里、自1981年以来统治埃及的穆巴拉克，迅速地——近乎不流血的——被迫出局。

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The chances of northern Europe facing a new ice age, or of catastrophic sea-level rises of almost four metres that swamp the planet over the next century, have been ruled out by leading scientists.

北欧地区将会迎来新的冰河世纪，海平面会毁灭性的上升高达4米以至于在下个世纪内淹没我们的星球。 气候研究领域顶尖科学家们已经排除了先前的这种预测。

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Messi was almost ruled out of the Olympics because Barcelona won a ruling that to pull out of the tournament, but the Spanish team still allowed him to play.

BBC: Messi makes the difference

According to some sources, he was ruled out almost immediately due to what was then perceived as an air-tight alibi, substantiated under polygraph by a number of eye-witnesses.

CNN: Moxley Case: Excerpts from the Sutton Report

Bookmakers agreed, saying the line on the game currently the Patriots are three-point favorites would almost certainly tighten if Gronkowski were ruled out of the game.

WSJ: An NFL Season Hinges on Rob Gronkowski's Ankle