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Defoe's ninth and final game in charge of Woking was a 1-0 defeat by Braintree Town in one of three pre-season friendlies on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
This was the ninth year for the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, and it has emerged as the premier occasion for China to strut its stuff in AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Their current backup, Eliezer Alfonso, made his major league debut in his ninth professional season; he is hitless in nine at-bats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Never again would he hold the most cherished trophy in sports, though his 11 World Cup goals are tied for ninth all-time, tied with Cristiano Ronaldo and one behind Pelé.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Before noon on the ninth day, the sea anchor broke away, and the boat lurched heavily as seas hit her broadside.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Other than wins, Sofia has had a third, two fifths and two ninths.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sofia has had three first place wins, a third, two fifths and two ninths.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jagged with octave jumps, hard-to-land-on intervals of sevenths and ninths, and grinding dissonances, his high-tensioned 70-minute song cycle was even more difficult to sing than to listen to.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five ninths of the population live in towns.
From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour
When the sun is at the equinoxes, that is, passing through Aries or Libra, he makes the gnomon cast a shadow equal to eight ninths of its own length, in the latitude of Rome.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
