(pron. & a.) The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.
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Thons
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(1) West Germany (3-5-2): Bodo Illgner; Guido Buchwald, Klaus Augenthaler, Jürgen Kohler; Thomas Berthold, Thomas Hässler, Lothar Matthäus, Olaf Thon, Andreas Brehme; Jürgen Klinsmann, Rudi Völler.
(2) West Germany bring in two impish schemers, Thomas Hässler and Olaf Thon, for Pierre Littbarski and Uwe Bein.
(3) Walker tackled Klinsmann but the ball came to Thon, who ran 25 yards into the box before shifting the ball to the left of the last man Parker and hitting a shot that Shilton had to beat away to his left.
(4) Fashion parades, balls, raffles, and weekly deductions from thousands of workers' pay packets were integral to success of the Cancer Appeal-a-thon in the Illawarra region.
(5) The British Council has also organised a global Dickens read-a-thon , which will see a reading marathon lasting 24 hours in 24 different countries from Albania to Zimbabwe.
(6) Taylor Swift – Shake It Off Perhaps the most telling aspect of Taylor Swift’s “extravaganza adventure-a-thon!”, AKA the Yahoo-sponsored livestream she used to announce her new album 1989 on Monday night, was the way she repeatedly referred to the album as her first proper foray into pop.
(7) A top college recruit, Thon Maker, is petitioning to skip school altogether and go straight to the NBA.
(8) 3.34pm GMT 101 min: Thon, 25 yards out, swooshes a very good shot not too far wide of the near post.
(9) West Germany moved the ball slowly, all the way across the field from right to left, with Thon eventually shifting it down the line to Brehme.
(10) Thon places another accurate penalty into the bottom-right corner.
(11) Matthäus lays the ball back invitingly for Thon, who drags a 25-yard shot well wide of the near post.
(12) Thon has far too much space to take possession on the edge of the D and shape a lovely right-footed curler towards the far post.
(13) Some local artists took this as a sign of the times and called a 24-hour graffiti-thon.
(14) The weekly shout-a-thon that is prime minister's questions was on the list, as was public grandstanding by MPs on benefits cheats, "shirkers", and moral responsibility.
(15) Terry Butcher and Olaf Thon keep their eyes on the ball.
(16) 2.08pm GMT 38 min A patient West German move ends with Hassler finding Thon 25 yards out.
(17) Collective cannabis smoke-a-thons, featuring drumming, juggling and all the chilled-out tropes of stoner culture, did succeed in finessing public perception of marijuana.