scales

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For much of the first half, centre-back Liam Scales could be seen marauding up the left wing.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Parrott headed Ireland into a surprise lead after 17 minutes from close range when Liam Scales nodded the ball back across the face of goal from a corner.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Actor Prunella Scales, who played Sybil in the short-lived but incredibly popular British sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers,’ has died at 93 after years with dementia.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

She once received a letter from one of Queen Elizabeth's security men who confessed that when Scales came on stage, he stood up.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

“A makara. Crocodile jaw. Elephant trunk. Scales of fish. More generous than her face would suggest. The kappas, the makaras, the hippocamps—they are all starve-panicking. Krakens. There should be no krakens in these waters.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell