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 • Nov. 23, 2025

Then again, Walker Buehler wasn’t part of the Dodgers’ plans for their World Series clincher last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

He had six hits in the two games, including three doubles and three RBIs in the series clincher Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

The clincher will be when they catch one of the perpetrators and get him to explain why he did it.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

Everyone’s excited, slapping each other's hands, and I feel it, too: a sense that this is the clincher, that we’ve done it, that my girl is saved.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz