clinch

Example Sentences

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Defeats for Liverpool and Chelsea have opened the door for a team to come out of left-field and clinch a coveted Champions League place.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The Trailblazers were able to clinch victory thanks to one free throw from JJ Sati-Grier and two from Brannon Martinsen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

“This may be the last chance to clinch a deal,” said Saeid Golkar, associate professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and an expert on Iran’s military.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

But he remains a politician staunchly rooted in the mid-aughts, when all 7,000 of his teeth could really clinch an election.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

Before she left I had started a new assignment, nothing itself terribly significant but I will say now it was the sort of thing that can clinch a person’s career.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee