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four

[fawr, fohr] / fɔr, foʊr /




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He has been remarkably consistent, finishing second for the title in 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 and, perhaps most agonisingly, to Sebastien Ogier by just four points in the final race of 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

"A month and a half later, four people were able to be identified and there were four burials," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Chesapeake built a 50-acre, Georgian-style corporate complex modeled after a college campus that it went on to expand, complete with four gourmet restaurants, a 72,000-square-foot gym and a vegetable garden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Only one team — the 1992 San Diego Chargers — made the playoffs after losing its first four games, and that Bobby Ross-coached squad won 11 of its final 12 games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

I saw again those four black horses and the Grote Markt.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The fearless teenager, who topped the IPL batting charts this year, smoked a whirlwind 38 off 21 balls with six fours and two enormous sixes before falling to a thick edge caught at backward point.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Over those two decades, Americans became accustomed to rates in the threes and fours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

His 10 fours and six sixes were ferocious - reminiscent of former England batter Pietersen, the newest addition to this side's backroom staff.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

He struck three fours in a single Shahzad over and moved to his first Test half-century by flicking Mohammad Abbas fine for four.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He bounded on all fours to cut her off.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman



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