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n. - A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) v. - Become wrinkled or drawn together.

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  • His brilliance raised him above the ruck
  • Today he was great, after first quarter even in ruck duel.
  • "The ruck is my spot with a little time up forward," he told Cats TV.
  • What lifts Chandler above the ruck is the exquisiteness of his prose—economical yet flexible.
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