capped

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McGinn was called up and capped for his nation when playing in Scotland's second tier.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

McTominay was a Scotland player by then, capped in March 2018 against Costa Rica.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The U.S. economy just saw its best set of three-month gains in nearly three years, capped by Friday’s surprisingly solid payroll report that tallied 172,000 new hires in May.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Though each home’s energy generation is capped at a relatively paltry 800 watts, their sum total across the country equates to a large power plant, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

They capped off their tour of New York that evening with a trip to Loew’s State Theatre, where Duke Ellington and his orchestra were finishing up a weeklong engagement.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown