Garner's Modern American Usage (2009) notes that phrases like obviate the necessity or obviate the need are sometimes considered redundant, but these phrases are not redundancies, for the true sense of obviate the necessity is 'to prevent the necessity (from arising),' hence to make unnecessary..
At the Redskins game against the New York Giants on November 30, 2008, Clinton Portis ran down the field with a flag in the team's colors with the number 21 on it to honor the anniversary of Sean Taylor's death.
Dylan McCue-Masone -- identified on Twitter as â@MasoneDylanâ -- runs on the field after a Twitter dare and is taken down hard by Citi Field security. A Twitter dare turned into a body slam for one fan at the All-Star Game at Citi Field Tuesday night.Twitter user @MasoneDylan, later identified as Dylan McCue-Masone of Shirley, L.I., 18, was live tweeting at the All-Star Game, then put it out there if he got 1,000 retweets, he would run on the field during the game.â1000 RTs and ill run across the field..ylan McCue-Masone -- identified on Twitter as â@MasoneDylanâ -- runs on the field after a Twitter dare and is taken down hard by Citi Field security. A Twitter dare turned into a body slam for one fan at the All-Star Game at Citi Field Tuesday night.