top-flight

Example Sentences

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Back in 2020, at the height of their powers, his team were relegated from the Premiership and fined more than £5m for repeated breaches of the top-flight salary cap.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

As for Frank Lampard at Coventry, well he needs no introduction to the top-flight, but I am sure he will be tested over what is such a hard grind for all the promoted teams.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

It is only the third time since 1995-96 that Chelsea have ended a top-flight season in 10th place or lower.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

They then secured the first of three victories against top-flight opposition as an own-goal from Hibernian midfielder Miguel Chaiwa proved the difference.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Eric, by now a full-time employee at Andersen, thought he might like a computing school; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had a top-flight one.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz