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And they have been slow starters in the Champions League recently - needing a knockout phase play-off tie after failing to finish in the top eight both times - before finishing strongly to win.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
LeBron James, the NBA's all-time scoring leader, just left the squad for the Philadelphia 76ers after spending eight years and winning one title with the Lakers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Oak Street” is Mitchell’s first film in eight years after a strong start as an auteur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Property records show that the rocker and his wife, Aimee Oates, held on to the residence, known as Little Woody Creek Ranch, for eight more years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
I’m planning to do eight hill repeats, but by my fourth time up, every breath is agony.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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
"Doris is definitely captaincy-worthy but the number one criteria for your captain has got to be that he is a banker to start, and I think there are some really good number eights," Warburton added.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
Even so, she had to start over several times, and not only because of the tricky sevens and eights of the multiplication tables.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
