formation
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Aguirre will likely deploy the 4-3-3 formation he used during Mexico’s final warm-up match against Serbia.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Another, the Rybar Telegram channel, credited Madyar with creating "the most effective formation of its kind" within the Ukrainian army.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
He pulled Messi off the right wing and placed him at the tip of the forward formation - but without the job of a traditional striker.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
The decision to have a child isn’t primarily a financial calculation, and a one-time payment doesn’t touch the conditions that make family formation feel out of reach.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
“Gentlemen who had been present at the formation of this Constitution”—Baldwin himself had been one such gentleman—could not avoid the recollection of the pain and difficulty which the subject caused in that body.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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