clincher

Example Sentences

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The defence flagged alarmingly late on, losing speed and structure as Argentina scored a last-minute try and came within metres of a last-play clincher.

From BBC

Tobias Harris is a reliable scorer in the frontcourt, as he showed with 25 points and 12 rebounds in the clincher.

From Seattle Times

Oettinger had 45 saves for the Stars in his first playoff game since a 64-save performance in Game 7 in the first round last May when top-seeded Calgary scored the series clincher in overtime.

From Washington Times

The Lightning went on to back-to-back championships in 2020 and ’21, with a shutout in each Cup clincher, and reached the final again last year.

From Seattle Times

Then, the clincher: “Even back then, I remember thinking about how that wasn’t going to work out for my parents.”

From Washington Post