match
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Zheng Qinwen won a set from 5-0 down for the second match in succession as she extended her fantastic US Open run by beating former champion Iga Swiatek to reach the quarter-finals.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
This match sparked a decades-long partnership and rivalry with Lawler, leading the duo to capture six regional and world tag-team titles together, according to ABC 24 Memphis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
He said OpenAI would continue to "build defensive systems" and seek technical solutions to alignment - a term used to describe ensuring a machine's actions and goals perfectly match human intent and safety guardrails.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
During a second-round match between two of tennis’ most combustible personalities, Ilie Nastase and John McEnroe, chair umpire Frank Hammond penalized and eventually defaulted Nastase for his behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
He had a sense of humor to match his ears, and when he grew truly old he somehow resembled George Burns.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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She took advantage of workplace retirement matches and maxed out her Roth IRA every year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
He has netted 90 goals in 107 matches for Real Madrid but is yet to win a major trophy in two years at the Bernabeu.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Alcaraz has won all three of his tour-level matches against Shelton, who beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-3 6-4 later on Sunday.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
It was arguably one of Chelsea's better performances against Arsenal during a run of 10 matches without a win against their London rivals.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“We are making arrangements for a series of simultaneous exhibitions and matches for early next year. We are also considering an exhibition match where Bobby would play the entire Dutch Olympic team simultaneously.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Jorrel Hato: His determination helped create Rogers' volley and he matched that effort defensively, although he struggled to contain Saka at times.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
They combined thermodynamic modeling with statistical methods to determine which materials best matched the properties detected at different depths.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The decision matched the forecasts of all seven economists polled by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Unification Church is best known for its mass wedding ceremonies, in which couples of different nationalities are matched, held at its headquarters in South Korea.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ariana went into a closet and pulled out another pale-blue apron that matched hers, with the Ari’s Cakes logo embroidered on it.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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Vizcarra said the county medical examiner’s office has reached out to neighboring agencies to see if they have any matching descriptions, and canvass teams are working the areas along the channel and checking security cameras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Independent research group Airwars works to identify civilian deaths from a range of open sources including news agencies, NGOs and social media, matching names it finds to those published by the health ministry.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“If you have to pay money to get money, it’s probably a scam. There are several free scholarship matching services. The most popular ones are Fastweb.com and the College Board’s Big Future.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Identifying them was not simple, however, because researchers had trouble matching older species names with the genetic lineages found in modern specimens.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
He’s sitting at the table, and his blue-framed glasses come complete with matching blue straps.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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