puck
Example Sentences
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“There’s nobody that can get under the skin of opponents as well as she does,” Minnesota coach Brad Frost said, “and then back it up by putting the puck in the net.”
There’s hockey puck, lots of it: The rowdy U.S. women is barreling into the semifinals, and the NHL stars have finally returned to build a feisty U.S. men’s team.
There are three 20 minute periods during the game, where each side will aim to hit a puck into the back of the net.
From BBC
The Italians’ first encounter with the top-tier pros this week had been much smoother—mainly because there were no pucks or goals involved.
That was a battle Mlynkova won by lifting the puck over Frankel’s right leg and into the back of the net.
From Los Angeles Times
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