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Her time of 3:56.63 took 2.22 seconds off O'Sullivan's Irish record and marked her first sub four-minute run.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Viewers can expect “Star Wars” characters to sub in during special moments, as well as various Easter eggs to appear throughout the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Having also provided three assists as a sub, he ranks fifth for minutes-per-goal involvements, contributing to his side scoring once every 78 minutes on average when used off the bench.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
It’s not just an event, but it’s also like a sub label of Soulection that focuses on electronic music, a lot of Afro electronic music but not just that — just house music in general.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
It became obvious to many on the small sub that Quirin and Heinck had formed an alliance that excluded Dasch and Burger.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
To make the all-time top 10 Premier League super subs, players need to have consistently delivered throughout their careers, providing goals and assists.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Pacific Island countries with small populations have struggled to patrol millions of kilometres of Pacific Ocean to combat illegal fishing fleets from Asia and the passage of "narco subs" deployed from South America.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Philly Cheesesteaks, along with new hot Italian subs, have proven popular among younger consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Subs are making $500 a day, but there are fewer subs than teachers and striking teachers forfeit pay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
They’d watched cranes lowering torpedoes into their subs.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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He also ran for a three-yard score and was subbed out midway through the fourth quarter with his team comfortably ahead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
By the time the Lakers subbed him out with six minutes remaining in the fourth and a 30-point cushion, Kessler looked exhausted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
During the match Szoboszlai gave the captain's armband to Tsimikas rather than Jones when he was subbed off, and during the argument the Greece left-back was filmed throwing it to the floor.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"To get subbed in, having not done any efforts in this team, or in this track, or in this order, it was always going to be a bit of a gamble."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Mr. Cobb sometimes subbed for their Social Studies teacher, and he always managed to slip in a story about the Vietnam War, even when their class unit was on ancient civilizations.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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McCarthy saw his first extended action subbing in for Winston during the fourth quarter of what had been a 34-10 blowout earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Megyn Kelly, however, defended Carlson, arguing on X that “No one is expecting any of the ppl subbing for Charlie to imitate Charlie.”
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
Importantly, subbing out water for sports drinks is not going to cut it: “It functionally makes very little difference in terms of people’s outcome,” Charlton said.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2025
Dawson was subbing for Chris Woakes, who will miss the remainder of the match with a shoulder injury sustained on day one.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
“I’m going to be subbing at your school,” said Mother.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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