Cancelled, postponed, delayed, suspended, called off.
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Words like these have been overused in 2020 as activities, sports and performances were swept aside by an overwhelming wave of COVID-19 restrictions.
Organisers with years, even decades of experience running successful events found themselves facing unique situations, and scrambling to adjust.
And not just once, but over and over as borders closed, permits tightened and restrictions altered again and again.
It's a wonder any venture could go ahead this year, and yet some have and more will, even if not as originally planned.
Border sporting administrators, many volunteers among them, deserve credit for persevering through those ever-changing goalposts.
Examples include junior football and rugby league games as well as hockey contests that even involve adult players.
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Eugene Ball, one of the artistic directors, told The Border Mail musicians loved the destination nature of previous festivals.
"We're sad in a way that we can't offer that experience, but we are absolutely rapt that we've got this up there at all," he said.
"Given that the easy solution would have been to say that this is too hard, we'll put it off until next year."
When the Walbundrie Hotel closed its doors in March, community members could have just shrugged their shoulders.
The resulting community hub at the sports ground fills that important social need and everyone involved should be commended for "filling a void" until the now-sold hotel is able to reopen.
Making the best of unusual circumstances has been a 2020 theme.
Success on that front is why words like flexible, agile, adaptable and resilient have also been heard more than a few times.
