Groups
Leagues
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Notably in comparison to Morrison's groups, this bunch turned out to be good guys (though, in grand superhero tradition, the two Leagues still fought each other upon first meeting.)
Source: Geodesic Cast - The LFL proponents point to their organization's success, TV deal (with MTV 2), notable arenas, and major publicity, dismissing the fully-equipped women's leagues as groups of elitists who are beneath notice, noting that they don't have one-tenth the publicity that the LFL has.
Source: Broken Base / Sports -
He still seems to fail a bit on Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale as he talks about large, heavily burdened groups (armies, the royal convoy, etc) covering "thousands of leagues" (1 league = 3 miles) in a matter of days; at a slow walk on horseback thousands of leagues should take months.
Source: Writers Cannot Do Math
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