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The ball shot to his left, where second baseman Santiago Espinal tried to salvage the play but couldn’t pick up the ricochet cleanly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

But my pick of the bunch is the Kylian Mbappe vs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Cyle Larin comes off the bench to score for Canada against Bosnia-Herzegovina to earn the co-hosts a 1-1 draw as they pick up their first ever point at a World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

But the US team could progress into the knockout stages, and she predicts the buzz will pick up: "I think it's gonna go crazy in New York."

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

He tells the kids that they can come up and pick which musical instruments they want to try out for the day.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold