“Earl is, like, a hard core soccer fan.”

One of your friends' friends (Earl) is into sports and likes to watch soccer really seriously. You're talking about Earl with another mutual friend. You say:

Earl is, like, a hard core soccer fan.

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“He's still better than the rest of them put together.”

You and a friend are talking about soccer. You're discussing a player who used to be really, really good, but now he's older and not as good as he used to be. However, he's still a lot better than the other players on his team. You say:

He's still better than the rest of them put together.

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