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In this series, he has two hits and two strikeouts in eight at-bats, and his inability to refrain from swinging at pitches outside the strike zone has become a glaring weakness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
He puts his money and his time into a tournament for Under-16 academies, which began in 2025 with eight teams.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Still, through the first eight months of the year, the goods deficit was about $110 billion smaller than the same period in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
But in eight postseason at-bats so far, Ohtani has recorded just two hits, both singles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The first was barely eight feet away now.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
With 17 caps under her belt, Feaunati says she is learning every day from the England number eights who have worn the shirt before her.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
I watched coolly as the remaining people paraded, making figure eights around me and their badly bruised automobile.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
