opener
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The wing had knocked on over the try line early on to spill a seemingly certain England opener, but made no mistake here for his seventh try in six Tests.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Earlier this season, the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers offered the most extreme study in jet lag for their season opener in Melbourne by arriving a full week apart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Culpable for both of Ipswich's goals last weekend and made another poor error which led to Villa's opener.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
He makes all 12 shots and finishes with 26 points, nine rebounds and two blocked shots in a dominating victory over the Warriors in the season opener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
She searched through one or two drawers, looking for a can opener.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
She read about the Sheeran-Macklemore controversy recently, but wasn’t too upset about the openers leaving the tour: She was there for the headliner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
There will be added frustration from this innings, though, as their openers started so brightly by reaching 55-0 from the first five overs.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Soon, Sheeran agreed to drop Macklemore from his tour, and Sheeran’s other openers quit in solidarity.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
It was a substantial upset as far as openers go because the Chargers were favored to win by 9½ points, more than any other team Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Genie instantly thought how cool it would’ve been if Grandma pulled out one of those katana-looking letter openers and handed it over to Ernie too.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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