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on purpose



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Venegas is now adding her voice to this shared-but-fractured written history; albeit, not entirely on purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

But, at this point, losing on purpose is so ingrained that players don’t always believe their competitors are doing their best.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

He says the creators are being "controversial on purpose" to generate more views, making him think it's "all a scheme" to make money.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

NBA teams are increasingly losing games on purpose to improve their draft prospects and basketball must consider every possible remedy to stamp out deliberate "tanking," the league's chief said Saturday.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

He probably wore it over here on purpose, to rub it in my face that he only cared about the team.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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