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This week we learned they have once again taken things up a notch.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

As the Fantasy Football Scout notes, an eight-match run from gameweek 18 to 25 saw Kane notch 77 points with nine goals, four assists and 16 bonus points.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Centennial’s defense was top notch all night, only allowing two third-down conversions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Christopher Nolan's epic "The Odyssey," distributed by Universal, moved up a notch to second place as it took in another $13 million in its eighth week in theaters, for a domestic total of $584.7 million.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

At two months out, he turned it up another notch, beginning almost every sentence with, “When I get a dog....”

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

In two dozen cases, they were at least three notches higher, the Journal’s analysis shows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The authors estimated that private ratings are effectively two to three notches more favorable than public ratings with comparable impairment risk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Their analysis revealed distinctive notches, impact damage and other signs that the object had repeatedly been used as a hammer.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

The safety car confusion was just the final episode in a race that was always engrossing but had ratcheted up several notches in the final 20 laps or so.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

There were six oarlocks, U-shaped notches in the gunnel for holding an oar in place, and five oars, since I had lost one trying to push Richard Parker away.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

After he made it—and the Rebels notched their two-point conversion—Ole Miss held an eight-point lead even Kiffin had no answer for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

All major U.S. indexes were in the green, after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched their best trading days in six weeks Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Luis Suarez, meanwhile, boasts the third-highest score ever and, as the Fantasy Football Scout points out, he notched a record 55 attacking returns in 2013-14 despite missing the first five games.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

SpaceX has notched another deal selling artificial-intelligence computing power, bringing it closer to an ambitious revenue milestone.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

During that time I made four snares from notched branches.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

For 23 years, Carey's own One Sweet Day, a duet with Boyz II Men, held the title, notching up 16 weeks at number one.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Americans knocked out their quarterfinal opponents 108-56, notching the team’s 34th consecutive win in World Cup play since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Americans are drinking less, with a Gallup poll recently notching the lowest percentage of drinkers in the nearly 90-year run of the survey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Americans took out almost $211 billion in auto loans this past spring, notching a new record, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Images of warriors notching their bows and letting their arrows fly.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi