tie game
Example Sentences
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The scoreboard showed a tie game, but No. 7 LSU owned all the momentum, and a Tigers comeback now seemed inevitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was a tie game with 10 seconds left, and the San Antonio Spurs had all the momentum—and the basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
With the clock winding down in a tie game, Christie blocked Young’s potential game-winner, sending the game into overtime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
In the bottom of the seventh inning with a runner on second in a tie game, Herbert hit a slow ground ball on what should have been a routine play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Indeed it had pretty nearly been a tie game all the way through, and it might go to ten innings or more.
From Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner by Lester Chadwick
