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game

[gaym] / geɪm /






NOUN
individual sporting event
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NOUN
undomesticated animals chased for food
Synonyms




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They stifled Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, restricting Walker to 36 yards from 14 carries as KC tied for their fewest points in a game with Mahomes as their starting quarterback.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

ABC affiliates are annoyed with Disney’s plans to simulcast the Super Bowl on platforms including Disney+, ESPN2 and the NFL Network, potentially undermining their ad revenue during the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The home offers several of entertaining spaces, including a game room with a pool table and a movie theater room.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The former Arsenal midfielder masterminded United's humiliating 4-1 defeat in Como on Wednesday night in a game that pushed Carrick to the brink.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

I could log in to the game and talk to Lorren.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Here are the biggest stories from Sunday's games in the NFL.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

It took just two games for the optimism to evaporate from the New York Giants’ season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The two-bedroom, two-bathroom property is located at Hyde Midtown, where an extensive collection of shared amenities includes everything from a swimming pool to spaces for games, fitness, and dining.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Poland's Ewa Pajor scored 11 goals in just 10 Champions League games last season, including a hat-trick in the final against Lyon.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Their favorite games had to do with blasting off and zooming and bashing.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

And, if you’re a gamer but not a horror connoisseur, Nadira Goffe helpfully breaks down whether Resident Evil will be too scary for you, using Slate’s highly scientific Scaredy Scale.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

Mike Demopoulos, a 40-year-old gamer in Minnesota who works in web hosting and has a Pac-Man tattoo, subscribed to SuperPower soon after reading about the clean-energy initiative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

An avid online gamer, he also makes time for his family and his hobbies.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

The gender split also defies the stereotypical image of the young male gamer.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

Foraging in the woods and rubbish heaps, gathering fallen grain-heads in the autumn—these were honorable ways to gamer a meal, requiring time and work.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

“He was one of the coolest, neatest, kindest, gamest horses I’ll ever have. When I saw him in there, my heart sank.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2017

Lots of good intentions and the gamest efforts of able leading actors, respectively Gary Oldman and Ed Harris, could not breathe life into those turkeys.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2010

Jesse Livermore, a friend from pre-War days in Chicago, Broker Block has called "the gamest and cleverest trader alive."

From Time Magazine Archive

Though beaten after the gamest losing campaign since Bryan in 1896, Wendell Willkie polled: 1.

From Time Magazine Archive

This gamest and most delicious of salt-water fish is noted for its strength, voracity, and grit.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

One of the other criticisms of the scheme has been that providers have gamed the system, offering unnecessary and expensive services.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Hedge funds are just liking the gamed uncertainty.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

But under a "worst-case scenario" gamed out by Eurasia Group, damage to Iran's oilfields permanently hits the country's exports, while the precarity to Hormuz traffic persists.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

However, SEC rules governing derivative-linked volatility could probably be gamed to a certain extent, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025

Upon their return from Las Vegas, they set out to pester the rating agencies, and the Wall Street people who gamed their models, for more information.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The alert has disrupted services globally, from gaming platforms to government portals and online forums.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Marketing chief Julia Goldin says Lego is creating buildings sets around passions that cross demographic boundaries, such as gaming and Formula One.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sea, one of Southeast Asia’s largest companies by market capitalization, operates e-commerce platform Shopee, gaming division Garena and Monee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Netflix since 2021 has bought gaming studios and invested in building its games division with mixed results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Halliday created Anorak’s Quest for fun, to share with the guys in his D&D gaming group.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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