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For eight months earlier this year, Terrance Adams squeezed his 6-foot-4 frame into the seat of a Dodge Charger every single night.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
After the NFL players disbanded their union in 1989, they filed an antitrust suit—with Collins as one of eight plaintiffs—that ultimately brought free agency to football.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
In company news, Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank tumbled as much as eight percent in Tokyo after reporting a more than $7 billion loss in the fiscal second quarter.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
World number eight Noskova was composed throughout and broke Gauff's serve four times in the first set alone.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
All eight of us pulling at her with the bell rope, like tug-of-war.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
We gather in sixes and eights for dinner at places chosen more for their decibels than their desserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Looping mischievously around one another, befezzed Shriners do figure eights on their tiny motorcycles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Goddesses on roller skates glide in buttery figure eights across the glass-fiber-reinforced concrete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
To add to the drama both number eights were sent to the sin bin, Georgia Evans for two yellow cards, while Evie Gallagher's offence was upgraded to a red card.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
The cotton twine he used for mending net bound the lantern to the mast easily, but Carl put in extra lashings anyway, figure eights laid one over the other, pulled taut and finished crisply.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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