the sticks

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Three defeats in six with Bayindir between the sticks led Amorim to give the Belgian a chance against Sunderland and he has not looked back.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

The equipment managers may have the most difficult job in the Olympic hockey tournament since they must prepare and maintain the sticks, skates, gloves and uniforms for 25 players, some of whom they’ve never met.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Against France in the Six Nations last year, under heavy, late pressure, he nailed a line-out throw to Ollie Chessum from which Elliot Daly went under the sticks for a game-winning try.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

“You had the carrots first, and then the sticks were less painful,” said Greg Melich, equity analyst at Evercore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

A light snow lay on the ground and it was hard to find the sticks and twigs with which a small stove was kept going in each room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom