scrimmage
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A year ago, he completed a remarkable 50% of his passes of at least 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Then in the third quarter, on the Patriots’ first play from scrimmage after falling behind 21-3, Maye had a pass intercepted by Jacksonville’s Jarrian Jones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Neither offense did much in the second half after Cleveland scored on its first play from scrimmage, a 32-yard touchdown by Odebunmi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
With under a minute remaining, he backpedaled until he was 26.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage, only to uncork a game-tying touchdown pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
His son Willy, Jr., often played touch football with us, coming down with the other boys from Mudhole to scrimmage with us on the broad concrete between the church and the Club House.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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No players can compete in a game without 14 days of practices, with scrimmages counting as a practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
He and a couple acquaintances from Harvard organized scrimmages for other local college players at a complex outside of Worcester, Mass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Then came the Americans, who often acted as if they would have been content to slog through meaningless scrimmages in half-empty spring-training stadiums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Players who are in the sit-out period for transferring without moving are allowed to play in scrimmages because it is considered a practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
After PE, where Coach put me and Jenna on separate basketball courts for scrimmages, Jenna took off for her after-school newspaper meeting and I headed to the library to study with Audrey.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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While his peers scrimmaged against players in their own grade, the young Kon Knueppel spent his evenings taking a crash course in basketball nitty-gritty from guys two or three times his age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
While teammates scrimmaged, she studied sets from the sidelines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
That was a familiar team to the Pioneers, who had scrimmaged against the Eagles in the preseason, but it was not the squad they were expecting.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
“That’s it! Let’s move! Look alive!!” various coaches yelled as the players scrimmaged in green and bright orange vests.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
After an hour and a half, the younger boys came outside and ran their laps while the Under Seventeens scrimmaged under Luma’s watchful eye.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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Eagle Rock’s flag football team has been scrimmaging since the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
Curry could return as soon as Sunday after scrimmaging for a third straight day.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
“When we get into competitive drills or scrimmaging, it can get intense,” Caldwell said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
Afterward, Thompson remained on the bench for more than 20 minutes — acknowledging earlier in the week after resuming full-court scrimmaging that this has been a taxing rehab grind after back-to-back serious injuries.
From Fox News ● Nov. 27, 2021
At an early practice, as the boys were scrimmaging, a gaggle of geese took flight from a pond on the other side of the woods.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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