1.   But what sort of message does this send to kids and how to schools deal with these sometimes lengthy absences?

2.   Even with a Screen Actors Guild strike looming, and even though he faced a lengthy absence from the stage, he signed on.

3.   In the past, any such bid was always foiled by a lengthy absence to injury.

4.   The Cowboys never looked at Sanders as option because his lengthy absence and rehabilitation from April toe surgery prevented him from working with the offense.

5.   The preseason All-America catcher was playing his third game at designated hitter after a lengthy absence caused by a stress fracture in his right foot.

6.   Daly later explained his lengthy absence from competition by saying he had aggravated a back injury in the incident.

7.   Geiger had just returned from a lengthy absence following knee surgery.

8.   It was his first singles play after a lengthy absence due to a knee injury.

9.   Midfielder Skander Souayah was recalled after a lengthy absence from the national side.

10.   Valencia managed a consolation goal by Bulgarian striker Luboslav Penev, who recently returned to the lineup after a lengthy absence due to surgery this summer.