set piece
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What no one had imagined was a designed set piece that wouldn’t end with Ronaldo shooting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The disallowed goal, one of the best any team has scored in this World Cup, came on a set piece in the 25th minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
The set piece is a daring, madcap, Wes Anderson-esque romp through San Francisco all the way to the Metro Designers factory in China, where worker conditions are grim and hazardous.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
The annual set piece before a joint session of Congress in early March of that year offered him an opportunity—a requirement, really—to show that he was capable of doing the job for another four years.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
Bucci turns a bolt on one of the casters—the wheels on which the main set piece turns—and it snaps.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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