clutch
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Edgecombe, who has emerged as one of the league's most efficient performers in "clutch" time -- the final five minutes of close games -- was named Most Valuable Player of the challenge.
From Barron's
Although he clinched the gold medal in the team competition with a clutch free program, he also put two hands down on a jump.
From Los Angeles Times
Lincoln poses almost nonchalantly, one hand touching a book to represent knowledge, the other clutching a scroll to symbolize statecraft.
—U.S. equities looked set to extend losses after a fresh round of AI competition concerns, paired with a clutch of shaking earnings prints, saw heavy selling Thursday.
Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.