clinch
Example Sentences
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A Bruins win or a Michigan loss would clinch the No. 1 tournament seed for UCLA.
From Los Angeles Times
But Weston, who won Team GB's first medal at the Games, showed why he is the best skeleton racer in the world with a sublime 58.59secs run to clinch a second medal.
From BBC
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made history for Brazil by clinching his nation's first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom.
From BBC
He was still going home with the gold medal he clinched for the U.S. in the team event.
They have six more round-robin matches to play, with a total of five or six wins potentially enough to clinch a semi-final place.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
