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** While not current in divorce, three is still important in Jewish court matters. The smallest size of a court is three (since it's the smallest plural odd number, meaning no ties). Also, ''Hataras Nedarim'', a process done on Rosh Hashana Eve, involves collaring three friends who sit as a court and asking them that one's unfulfilled promises be annulled. The "court" repeats a small passage three times which effects the annulment. Similarly, a shorter version involves just saying the words "''mutar lach''" (you are released) three times. And there are three basic duties of a Jewish husband toward his wife - feeding her, providing her with cover, and satisfying her sexually.
* In sports, there's the Triple Crown (horse racing), and the "hat trick" (various sports, all involving 3 of an action, usually but not exclusively scoring).
** Also (in Baseball) the Hitting Triple Crown—highest batting average, most home runs, most runs batted in—and the Pitching triple crown: most wins, most strikeouts, lowest earned run average.▼
** Ice hockey's hat trick is three goals in a row by the same player, with no other player scoring between any of the three goals.
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* Baseball seems to run on this trope. Here are some examples:
** 3 strikes and you're out.
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** More than 3 balls is a walk.
** Thrice 3 innings in a game (without extra innings due to a tie).
▲* In Cricket there's the hatrick - 3 wickets, 3 consecutive balls.
* In American football, any score on the free play after a touchdown is worth one third of the normal value.
** Kinda sorta. A kick/PAT is considered something different from a normal Field Goal, and a 2-point conversion is considered distinct from an actual Touchdown. Partially, in that the players on both sides in the post-TD plays will usually be Special Teams/specialists, rather than the normal lineup, and they will normally not use the exact same plays used in other situations. Yardage is also irrelevant in these plays; it's either a score or nothing.
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* As mentioned on [[The Other Wiki]], [[Abraham Lincoln]] used the tricolon in more than one of his speeches, including the Gettysburg Address. "But, in a larger sense, '''we can not dedicate...we can not consecrate...we can not hallow''' this ground."
* From the Declaration of Independence, "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" (borrowed from John Locke, who used "Life, Liberty and Property")
* And the French ''Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité''
* And the German ''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'' (Unity and Justice and Freedom).
** From a more... troubled... time in German history: ''"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer''". ([[Dichter and Denker|One people]], [[Nazi Germany|one empire]], [[Adolf Hitler|one leader]].)
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* The saying 'Third time lucky!' -Which is the idea that if you fail twice, you will succeed the third time, not that it's actually true. It's also heard as "Third time's the charm!" in America.
* Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll.
* The powers of a State, are
* Several of the US space shuttle orbiter's systems are triply redundant, notably the Space Shuttle Main Engines, the fuel cells which generate electricity, and the auxiliary power units which provide hydraulic pressure to manipulate the orbiter's aerosurfaces and gimbal the three main engines.
* The signal for Help in Morse code consists of three letters (SOS) and each letter is comprised of three dots or dashes.
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