needed

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Needed an own goal and a penalty to win.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Then 17, she performed the Anne Murray ballad “You Needed Me”—both singing and in sign language—during the talent competition, according to a 1985 write-up in The State newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Needed: The most we would pay for that near-term straddle, with the price of the straddle expressed as a percentage of the underlying stock price.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

"Needed to come in and just try to be myself, be aggressive, be in attack mode, try to get myself and my teammates involved," Grimes said.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

“Alright. I just needed to hear it. Needed to know I hadn’t gone all crazy.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss