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In the first half, there was even the sight of Kane picking the ball up in England's own penalty area as they played out from the back, linking comfortably with his defenders.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

We’ve never really played with that trope, even though we could, and maybe should.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

You can find a few old photos, from the late 1980s, of Trump and Hogan posing together, when the future president played host to a couple of major WWE events.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Yet weeks later, on stage at the Kennedy Center, the whole scene played out exactly as Infantino had dreamed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

He played the clown wonderfully, and people laughed.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo