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play

[pley] / pleΙͺ /










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Although Foden did play right wing against Bournemouth and Palace given City's injuries, Maresca has spoken of his central quality.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Huskeys—named for the founders’ love of husky dogs and a play on the “keys” required to secure the web—acts as an intelligent brain for cybersecurity systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Rams players, including Quentin Lake and Kobie Turner, are thrilled Aaron Donald is back on the team, but Sean McVay won’t push for him to play in the opener.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch is "very happy" to see compatriot Guy Pearce play him in a new, largely sympathetic movie about his early business life, the actor said on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

And eventually instead of shouting or throwing things, he’d play a major chord on the keyboard my mom got him, to show he’s happy, or a minor chord if he’s not.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Two players — quarterback Ryan Rakowski and safety Jalen Flowers — have been outstanding in delivering big plays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Mr. Threadgill, who plays alto saxophone and flute and is a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, first assembled this band 25 years ago to further a compositional strategy that is singular and yet invites improvised collaboration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Thirty years after bursting onto the video game scene, Lara Croft returns in a new "Tomb Raider" that plays up the pistol-wielding architect's "complicated" character.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

He plays us Soulmate, a funny and affectionate tribute to Amy, powered by a peacocking guitar riff.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The two ships also carried theatrical scripts, scores of costumes, and huge quantities of makeup so that plays could be staged for the crew’s enjoyment.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The patriarch played a crucial role in the development of his daughter Selena’s career, establishing his family-led band Selena y Los Dinos in the 1980s as a way to meet financial needs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Since suffering a first-round exit at Wimbledon, Boulter has won just two of the six matches she has played.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Etheline Cotgrave—despite her fantastical name played suitably in realistic, non-Madame Arcati-ish mode by Eva Kaminsky—takes her work seriously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

"There was a lot of cool elements... the fact that Lara was a different protagonist, the first female protagonist of a game that I had ever played," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Friday night, Lorren was pestering me about the Essa project while she, Traveler, and I played ATO.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

But the position of these two players was fluid with Kovacic, comfortable playing as a holding midfielder, picking up these positions.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

A similar debate is playing out among organ donors and recipients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

It would be hard to find a more L.A. scene than the one playing out downtown in the normally staid Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"He was playing, in effect, a game of ballistic roulette," prosecutor Chad Grunander said.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The snuffle-licking and the rubbing of scents against each other; the smiling and playing as they encouraged one another for the hunt.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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