give five

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In the first inning, Tommy Edman opened the scoring with a three-run home run — only for starting pitcher Dustin May to immediately give five runs back in the bottom of the inning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

Let’s say you wanted to give five oranges as a gift: How would you arrange the fruits so that they consumed as little space and wrapping paper as possible?

From Scientific American • Jun. 6, 2023

The new rules announced on Wednesday will give five religious sisters voting rights at the synod, which is a papal advisory body.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023

Freeland countered with six scorleess frames, giving up give five hits and two walks while striking out five.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022

On May 20, Father lost his bet and had to give five jars of yogurt to Mrs. van Daan: the invasion still hasn’t begun.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank