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During the game, if he isn’t on the field, Rhoa can be seen giving encouragement to every player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
His very first pass of the game was a short completion that his running back promptly gave away with a fumble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Pride, like Hoy, also left his own unique mark on the game by inspiring the now-ubiquitous practice of players and coaches covering their mouths during meetings at the mound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Sarkisian let his young quarterback know that they were spending the rest of the game in “four down” territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
It might have been a game trail that was slightly widened, or an old foot trail that had not caved in.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Kids spend much of class playing games and watching videos on devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
And only Hoy appeared in more big-league games than Pride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Fans have gotten fewer games in recent years from the package of out-of-market Sunday afternoon matches, even as the price tag has gone up and the number of total NFL regular season games has increased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“His physical abilities were flooring,” said Tracy, who managed Pride during his best minor-league season, when he hit .356 with 15 homers and 21 steals in 50 games for Harrisburg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Naw,” Grandpa said, “I don’t think Jimbo has it in for anybody. His trainer says he likes people—especially youngsters. He probably thinks you’ve been playing games with him.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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South Korea's formidable team will be spearheaded by superstar gamer Lee Sang-hyeok.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
These days, you’re as likely to see a #cleanliving West Village girl clutching a can of rocket fuel as you are a BMX-mounted daredevil or a nocturnal gamer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
GameStop said Thursday that one gamer in Columbus, Ohio, visited one of its locations to trade in some of his old physical games for store credit.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
They became a fixture in gamer culture for score work and influenced acts like Sleep Token and Bad Omens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
That’s when the gamer kid closer to me—I think his name is Jackson?— speaks up.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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“He was one of the coolest, neatest, kindest, gamest horses I’ll ever have. When I saw him in there, my heart sank.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2017
Lots of good intentions and the gamest efforts of able leading actors, respectively Gary Oldman and Ed Harris, could not breathe life into those turkeys.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2010
Though beaten after the gamest losing campaign since Bryan in 1896, Wendell Willkie polled: 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Filion, who won 17 races with him in '68, says fondly: "He was the gamest horse I ever saw."
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was jest the gamest kind of thing to do.
From Two Arrows A Story of Red and White by William Osborn Stoddard
One of the other criticisms of the scheme has been that providers have gamed the system, offering unnecessary and expensive services.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Then we should tighten the existing R&D tax credit, a benefit that is being gamed by firms that are no longer at the cutting edge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
But under a "worst-case scenario" gamed out by Eurasia Group, damage to Iran's oilfields permanently hits the country's exports, while the precarity to Hormuz traffic persists.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
However, SEC rules governing derivative-linked volatility could probably be gamed to a certain extent, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
It was impossible to determine how badly the Wall Street firms had gamed the system.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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An online gaming company challenged the seizure in court, claiming it owns the wallets and has no link to the scam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It said it was incorrect to link union activities to the dismissal of 31 UK workers, most based at the gaming giant's Edinburgh headquarters, and three in Canada in October 2025.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
In October, Infiniweb, an online gaming company registered in the British Virgin Islands, challenged the Justice Department’s $225 million seizure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Kwon founded Smilegate in 2002 and has built it into one of the most successful gaming companies in South Korea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
She forced her hands to her sides, shaking her unease, and strode into the music and gaming room.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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