the sticks
Example Sentences
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As it turned out, the sticks were sticky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
But ever since the laws of the game were rewritten in 1997 to prohibit challenging the keeper mid-catch, the man between the sticks has become a protected species.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
But Henry Arundell intercepted Farrell's pass to race under the sticks, and from there the game was gone.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
The equipment managers may have the most difficult job in the Olympic hockey tournament since they must prepare and maintain the sticks, skates, gloves and uniforms for 25 players, some of whom they’ve never met.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
She began to mark out the patches of gray, with the sticks jammed in the ground and the string looped around them.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
