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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Nicknamed "the Glooper" for his cries of "Gloop! Gloop!" after each strike, Godin spent more than three decades lobbing pies at rich and famous targets he felt needed bringing down a notch.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Yet in September, corporate borrowers already stressing the market with a huge supply of new bonds to finance the artificial-intelligence build-out are expected to kick things up a notch.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

His surprise move against Trenton, N.J., at Christmas did more than notch a local victory against King George’s Hessians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Gog’s wolf bone had 55 little notches in it, arranged into groups of five; there was a second notch after the first 25 marks.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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

So they turn to cut-through notches, carved light wells, and strategic wall-offs of interior cores that create space for new residential floors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Mohamed Salah's latest unprompted public outburst will ratchet up the pressure on struggling Liverpool head coach Arne Slot by several notches.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

Mudgett gouged his initials into an old elm tree at his grandfather’s farm, where the family marked his growth with notches in a doorjamb.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

When Rybakina notched her first break of the match to seize a 3-2 lead in the first set, Sabalenka responded by angrily launching a ball high into the stands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

And under three coaches in the past six years, the Bruins’ football team went 36-33 and notched only one bowl victory, in the now-defunct LA Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

On Friday, Microsoft’s stock notched its sixth straight session of gains — rising 6.7% over that multiday period, and cementing its longest winning streak since Oct.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white-striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

As he did last week, Springboks wing Cheslin Kolbe took on the kicking duties over fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, notching up 18 points in a player-of-the-match performance.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Nvidia shares surged 8.7%, notching their biggest gain in more than a year after Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress projected 70% revenue growth in the company’s 2028 fiscal year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

In terms of average temperatures over that 60-day period, the picture was mixed, he said, with some areas falling in the middle of the pack compared with previous years and others notching notable heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Laistrygonian archers assembled on the deck above us, notching arrows in their enormous bows.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan