See mulligan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Pokemon has a mulligan rule: if you have no Pokemon in your opening hand, you show it to your opponent and redraw. You may also take a mulligan, I believe, if your opening hand has no basic power cards.",
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"text": "April 1997 introduced the modern 'Paris mulligan' rule; previously a mulligan required either all land or no land in the hand and could be taken only once, now the mulligan can be taken as many times as desired with any hand, but reduces starting hand size by one each time the mulligan is taken.",
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"ref": "2006, Shelley Lewis, Naked Republicans, Villard, →ISBN, page 172:",
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"ref": "2007, Steve Alten, The Shell Game, →ISBN, page 279:",
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"ref": "2008, Ross Dale, Embedded, Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 202:",
"text": "I wasn't sure, but I had a hunch all I needed was a mulligan. If I could only reconnect with her somehow and begin all over again.",
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"ref": "2023 January 17, Paul Krugman, “Will It Be Morning in Joe Biden’s America?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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"text": "April 1997 introduced the modern 'Paris mulligan' rule; previously a mulligan required either all land or no land in the hand and could be taken only once, now the mulligan can be taken as many times as desired with any hand, but reduces starting hand size by one each time the mulligan is taken.",
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