go-ahead
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Bauers delivered the knockout blow in Milwaukee’s 6-2 victory on Wednesday, smashing a go-ahead, two-run home run off ace Blake Snell to give the Brewers a lead they would never relinquish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Michael Harris II shouldn’t have been 90 feet away from scoring the go-ahead run in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Shell CEO Wael Sawan says the investment go-ahead reflects confidence in Canada as a place to invest and do business for the long-term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He also urged ministers to give the go-ahead to the new Jackdaw gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, and the Rosebank oil field off Shetland.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Then Gaines lets go, moving back into his anguished solitude, on the headset once again to Belew in the press box trying to crack the Marshall defense for the go-ahead score.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
If you want to guarantee something won’t happen, go ahead and predict — as Bill Plaschke did — that the Rams are going to go undefeated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The protest also comes after the announcement from the UK government that the Jackdaw gas field near Aberdeen would be allowed to go ahead.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
If Snap does not settle, the trial will go ahead next week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Some, who want to see the project go ahead, fear that the energy secretary is not likely to be convinced that it should.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
“It’s almost nine. Why don’t you go ahead with Richard, Charles. Tell Julian not to wait.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
If they can secure the zoning approval and the go-aheads from the community advisory board and gaming commission, they will then have to pay at least a $500 million license fee to the state.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
After my recent column on different synonyms for flip-flops — zories, go-aheads, thongs, etc. — readers wrote in to share terms they learned growing up.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2021
But church officials say their own plan is “shovel ready,” awaiting formal go-aheads from city and state financing agencies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2010
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