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In 2014, when the country hosted the World Cup, “there wasn’t a dog on the street when they were playing. There is no need to talk to a Brazilian about the rules of soccer.”

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Olsen: You recently hosted the new “SNL UK” and in your monologue, you made this joke that you don’t just play intense roles, that there’s this image of you that it’s all that you do.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

It was game four of the feverish best-of-seven NBA Finals – the first finals the Knicks have hosted in 27 years.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

This is the 83,000-seat cathedral that hosted the finals in 1970 and 1986, the place where Pele and Diego Maradona both lifted the World Cup—and where El Diego scored with the Hand of God.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Mrs. Torrance hosted yet another discussion in her English class, instead of working on an essay she had assigned for the following week.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro