performance
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Myles Lewis-Skelly: A confident performance in the middle of pitch which makes all the talk of him potentially being sold during this transfer window look very silly.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Joining Lenglen in the first is Coco Gauff, whose 2025 Wimbledon kit featured a pleated skirt and a corset-shaped top made of performance material—“the perfect harmony of heritage and modernity,” Ms. Kumar Nair writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
So after he does his performance, he puts back on his blacks and he does his job, and I love that for him, to have that sense of responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Wednesday, federal ministers were given a "report card" on their social media performance and told to step up their presence across platforms, the Hindustan Times reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I told you. There’s always time for magic. By the way—no birds were hurt in the performance of that trick.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
“There were certain acts that just filled the house and certain ones that didn’t,” says the park’s president, Tyler Carter, adding that early performances swung drastically from hip-hop to Christian rock entertainers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
As a backup plan, Thomas sought top performances on her volleyball and cross-country teams, thinking she might get recruited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Race director Tom Keogh said: "We do not take this lightly. We hosted the nation's best athletes and their finishing times did not truly reflect their amazing performances."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Greedier batters, flatter surfaces and poorer performances will provide tougher days, but here Root brought a welcome calmness on his return as skipper.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
His show-stopping performances encouraged piano builders to adopt iron frames to replace wooden ones, because pianos simply broke under the hammering Liszt gave them on stage.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing performance
Academy Awards, List 6
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myPerspectives 8.3
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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