blitz
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Carsten Jancker had given the hosts the lead in the World Cup qualifier before Owen's blitz and further goals from Steven Gerrard and Emile Heskey.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The current hiring blitz follows more than a decade of decline, after California’s court systems shed about a third of their reporters amid a protracted budget crisis in 2012.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Supreme Court just wrapped the term with a blitz of extremely consequential decisions, and the smoke hasn’t cleared yet.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
A welfare-system reform project was scaled down so much that the government canceled the media blitz it had planned, according to a senior official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Eagerly, he played him a series of blitz games at one second a move, and Bobby won about a third of them.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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It’s blitzes on the frozen tundra sure, but, it’s also Ernie Banks playing two on a beautiful July day.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026
His coordinators, who have stayed with him across four different schools since 2016, don’t rely on trickery or exotic blitzes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
It funds Presler: his voter-registration blitzes, volunteer trainings, and aggressive get-out-the-vote operations.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2025
Vikings blitzes haven’t been hitting home as much, but they should against a slower quarterback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Planning continental blitzes is a favorite past-time around high-level strategic commands; it keeps the boys in trim.
From Check and Checkmate by Miller, Walter M.
If Canada, which blitzed Qatar for its first-ever World Cup victory, wins or draws against Switzerland, it will win the group and play its round-of-32 game in Vancouver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Or, perhaps, it’s simply that triples really is best: a blitzed corn chip base, a sweet corn body and a final, salty flurry of chips on top.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026
Then, McIlroy faltered under the weight of history as a free-swinging Rose blitzed the back nine to force the extra hole.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Fans of Markiplier, whose YouTube channel has 38 million subscribers, blitzed theaters with requests to show “Iron Lung.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Then a purple-brown blur blitzed in from the side, landing on the charging beast.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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Bad Bunny delivered a buoyant celebration of Latino culture during his halftime show, blitzing through reggaeton, Latin trap and salsa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Pinheiro Braathen had led the way in the first run with Elezi Cannaferina blitzing the field in the second.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
They duly won 27-19 after blitzing the Wallabies in the first half and secured the series - with Aki now in the side - in Melbourne the following week.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
They're blitzing a child with often overwhelming amounts of medication, which won't work but could make the kid even sicker.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025
So right now, I channeled my inner line-backer blitzing the quarterback.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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