nine

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The 24-year-old Italian has won each of his past nine meetings with Zverev - and the past six without losing a set.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2026

When VAR was introduced to soccer nine years ago, its mission was clear: to alert the head referee to potential clear and obvious errors or serious missed incidents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2026

The former captain has seen it all in a record 320 matches, 199 of them in charge over nine exhausting yet era-defining years.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2026

Instead, it’s been a 30-year-old Basque without a true position who has played all of nine minutes over La Roja’s past two matches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 11, 2026

As they began their work, none of these dedicated individuals had any idea that before this extraordinary excavation was over, more than nine years of effort and 7,500 hours of diving time would be required.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler