matchup

Example Sentences

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Once the gold-medal favorite, Team USA suddenly looks shockingly vulnerable, advancing to Friday’s matchup against Canada only because Italy defeated Mexico on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

A careful student of the game, she studies matchups and patrols the court with a composed efficiency that incrementally drains big hitters and outmaneuvers most rivals long before the final score confirms it.

From Los Angeles Times

“They killed us inside — we had no answer for their big man. Their matchup zone gave us problems. We couldn’t figure out and we got stagnant.”

From Los Angeles Times

Part of the joy of the WBC is the wild matchups it creates.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Ten years from now, I think the breakdown of the population on Kalshi is going to be a matchup of the breakdown of the population in the U.S.,”

From The Wall Street Journal