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Jose Urquidy made his first start for Houston, allowing two hits and one run -on Brian Anderson’s homer - in two innings.

From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2021

“Being in basketball, you always see the father-and -on type of relationship that you always want, what I always wished to have. When I was younger, I had a hard time dealing with that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2019

I have tried telephone book foot raises, bozu balls, yoga, pilates, small ball exercises, tennis balls -on and on.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018

The suffix "-on" is Greek, and became standard for newly discovered particles a century ago.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2012

ALLMAN, Professor, on a monstrous Saxifraga geum. -on the Hydroida.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles