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After five preseason games, the Lakers open their regular season Wednesday at home against the Golden State Warriors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
In one of those studies, participants asked five friends in person to help them with a brief proofreading task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
This time, however, Everton managed just six shots, their fewest in a Premier League game since recording five against Arsenal last December.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Every five or 15 minutes, another pager returned to the host stand, blinking and vibrating in the hands of a customer whose table was finally ready.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Renn resembled Hord in feature, and Torak wondered if they were brother and sister, although Renn was younger by four or five summers.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
When Tinsley ended the inning on a swinging strikeout, she ripped off her mask and screamed as her teammates poured out the dugout to give her high fives.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Manny Farber said that when he was about 4 years old, his father demonstrated to him how a computer worked by writing a computer program on the fly that could count to 100 by fives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Rahm has failed to add to eight major top fives, including two wins, accrued before leaving the PGA Tour.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
I plan to use my unit mostly for high fives, and ask only for an AI Mel Blanc voice option that recalls Twiki from the old Buck Rogers in the 25th Century series.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
It wasn’t until fives shots later that Brandon missed his first bucket.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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