netting

Example Sentences

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Italy's strength was meant to be their defence, but Rossi proved the hat-trick hero - netting twice in the first half and grabbing the winner in the second.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The current bird netting has fallen into disrepair.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

He told AFP that in a single night this week, "we carried out five raids" in the coastal Galle and Matara districts, netting 192 Indian suspects and 29 Nepalis.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The tech fund sold roughly half of its stake in SpaceX in the first quarter, netting $117 million, ahead of a possible IPO later this year.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Everything in the dark assumed a spectral appearance through white netting: a ghostly bureau, a ghostly toybox, ghostly curtains.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez