league
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Their opponents were set to be a Sunday league team from Reading called XL FC who use football as a way to achieve a healthier lifestyle.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
They’ll have to either trade or waive a player to be at the league maximum number of 15.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Keegan was the spearhead of Shankly's second great side, in total winning three league titles, the European Cup, FA Cup and the Uefa Cup twice under his Scottish mentor and then his successor Bob Paisley.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Chinese tech giant gave a preview of its latest AI model that it said put it in league with Anthropic and other leading AI developers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that I don’t want to be in the same league as them—hell, I don’t even want to be in the same ballpark.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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
The interests leagued against Wiley, finally manufactured charges that he had misused the funds of his Bureau; and, though exonerated by President Taft after a careful investigation had been made, he resigned in protest.
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
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
“Achren is leagued with Arawn of Annuvin,” cried Taran.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
It is possible that the religion which she secretly professes has estranged her heart from me, but she would never be capable of betraying me, or of leaguing herself with my foes.
From Henry VIII and His Court by Pierce, Henry Niles
Presently we find him warring against nobles of Maine who had taken William’s part, and leaguing with the Bretons against William himself.
From William the Conqueror by Freeman, Edward Augustus
The godlike wish of genius, man to bless, With rank and wealth still leaguing to oppress!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
Once a merchant brought with him a diving apparatus, but the divers were highly indignant, and leaguing against him refused to show the best banks.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
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
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