league
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He played for Reims, who in 1957-58 won the French league and cup double.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“We are getting used to seeing VAR in international football, but in our domestic league, we don’t want it,” said Svante Samuelsson, the sporting director of Sweden’s pro divisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
His father, Dan Cholowsky, was the 39th overall pick in 1991 by the Cardinals and played eight minor league seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In March 1960, Fontaine suffered a broken leg during a French league game.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
He'd won tournaments and competitions and had been trying to get Ms. Wockley to convince Mr. Jarrett to start a gaming league at the school.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
Once we’re leagued up, we’ll post the results, and there’ll be a weekly column here summing up the score, the scenario, and the stats.
From The Verge ● Feb. 28, 2019
He may be leagued with his appointees to abstract and share a larger percentage of the assets than the law allows, thus cheating legitimate creditors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other Post stockholders leagued to announce that Newhouse's 15% invasion was as far as he would be allowed to go.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the great Houses of Burgundy, Bourbon, Brittany, Lorraine, Artois, Alen�on, Armagnac, Anjou leagued against him, he played them off one against the other, overcame them gradually by force, craft or bribery.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Achren is leagued with Arawn of Annuvin,” cried Taran.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
The personal advancement of the southern Hy-Nials was more to him than the political advancement of his country; and he disgraced his name and his nation by leaguing with the invaders.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
Bordeaux had been the centre of a conspiracy for leaguing together the malcontents of la Vendée with those of the South, these again being in touch with the royalists of the Lyonnais and Franche Comté.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
And I should hardly be surprised to see some of these, chagrined by an adverse decision, leaguing with foreign despots to restore the sway of the stronger by way of avenging their fancied wrongs!
From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Greeley, Horace
I have told him that all the northern tribes are leaguing now, that they have determined to keep to themselves the Big Horn country and the valleys to the north.
From Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. by King, Charles
The old self-depreciation waking up to life, the old enemy leaguing with languor and despondency to mar the sweet hopefulness of convalescence.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
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