possession
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Liverpool's first two games of the season have finished 2-2 despite Iraola's side enjoying 60% of possession against Newcastle last week and 70% against Forest.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
It wasn’t until Centennial’s final possession of the first half, when trailing 14-0, that Jefferson finally started to connect with Hale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Those included a 14-yard strike to Davis on the Warriors’ first possession and a 57-yard touchdown pass to freshman Drew Gamboa later in the first quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Last season, his Bournemouth side won just four of the 19 Premier League games in which they had the majority of possession.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Somehow she got possession of all the seed-corn and parched it before the men went out for the sowing, so that, of course, there was no harvest at all.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
She says she is at peace with the fact all her worldly possessions fit in a bedroom that is no more than 12ft long, by eight feet wide.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Loxie said virtually all their possessions have been lost and they understand it will take more than two years to rebuild their home.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
A week later, the school’s possessions, including furniture, science equipment and athletic gear, had been organized, stacked in neat rows and put up for auction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Instead, he traded for it after a Lakers game in the Forum parking lot back sometime in the mid- to late-1970s, giving up one of his prized possessions as a teenager living in South Gate:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The boy is sent to pack his small bag of negligible possessions.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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