went for
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His first touch of the football in a competitive game was a jet sweep that went for nine yards and a first down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
"We went for fittings straight away, and it went from there."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It’s difficult to understate just how badly Tuesday went for shares of IBM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
This year, in the recent poll, they went for Platner by a whopping 37 points.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
It was still closed, so he decided to go up to the hotel and get a bath, and I sat out in front of the café and then went for a walk in the town.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
