match

Example Sentences

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Saturday night's match will still go ahead as planned, the football league said.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Mark Fine, who has co-written a book about bunkers, says the increased use of rakes after World War I was the result of a shift from match play to stroke play.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

So however we need to prepare for each other, however we need to match up, that’s what it’s going to take.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Minutes before the end of the match, some Senegalese supporters attempted to storm the pitch while Senegal's players halted the game for nearly 20 minutes in protest of the late penalty to Morocco.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Welchman strikes a match and holds it to the end of his pipe.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin