a match for
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Kris: Has McInnes had a match for Rangers yet where his side haven't been booed off the park?
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I've never seen that in 40 years of football. In France we don't stop a match for rain."
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Economically, the mega projects of Vision 2030 were intended to drive the country forward finally into a future in which private and foreign investment became a match for the immense oil wealth of the state.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Students get an email alert if their friends propose a match for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Seeing us, he ran for the horizon, but no man’s legs are a match for a horse.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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