clincher
Example Sentences
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The defence flagged alarmingly late on, losing speed and structure as Argentina scored a last-minute try and came within metres of a last-play clincher.
From BBC
Then again, Walker Buehler wasn’t part of the Dodgers’ plans for their World Series clincher last year.
From Los Angeles Times
They might as well use him as a closer, and they might as well use him in a World Series clincher, either in Game 6 or 7.
From Los Angeles Times
In the past three games — the clincher against the Phillies and the two here against the Brewers — the Dodgers have not even trailed for a full inning.
From Los Angeles Times
He spun three perfect innings in the club’s Game 4 clincher on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times
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