dropped
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Ten Hag had dropped Ronaldo for a Premier League game at Chelsea in October 2022 after he had refused to come on as a substitute against Tottenham three days earlier.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo dropped around one percent as Kioxia shed nearly two percent and tech investor SoftBank plunged more than five percent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The index gauging future sales expectations and the index charting prospective buyer traffic both dropped five points, to 32 and 18, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
After several years of debate, school officials dropped the use of a countywide competitive test and chose top performing students at all of its middle schools using a lottery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
His eyes went wide, his mouth dropped open exaggeratedly.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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