rasping
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Following a surging run from midfielder Pavel Sulc, the 19-year-old Brazilian burst through a challenge before unleashing a rasping drive from the edge of the box to open the scoring in the 80th minute.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
Vinicius, who excelled in Madrid's Champions League 6-1 rout of Monaco in midweek, also came close with a rasping effort across Luiz Junior's goal and wide.
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
Foden's goal - a rasping a low effort into the bottom corner following fine work by team-mate Rayan Cherki - will have impressed the watching Tuchel at Selhurst Park.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
What endures is the rasping byplay, the soaring exasperation, the tango of opposing temperaments finding fleeting common ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
I struggled on, my breath rasping in my throat, and then I reached the trees at the top of the ridge and flung myself flat.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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