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OED Online を見ると、その他に position を不可算名詞として使っている用例として、
たくさんの用例を載せているが、そのうちのごく一部を紹介する。
(1) 1950 L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized (ed. 20) iii. 340
The most successful [pool] player is not necessarily he who can ‘pot’
with the deadliest accuracy, but he who combines potting
with effectively ★playing for position★.
(2) 1975 F. Heer Charlemagne & his World x. 149
This is the elevated ideal that lay behind all the politicking
and ★manoeuvering for position★ that took place in Rome in 800.
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