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They don't really get noticed in games unless they score, but if you're watching and you've played the game, you know these two are really important.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
By the end of the summer, the number had become part accounting device, part civic high score.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Cal took its opening possession of the third quarter 85 yards in a 14-play drive that tied the score 24-24.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Yet they have now failed to score in three successive Premier League games for the first time since November 2021, and improvement is needed at misfiring Spurs.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Once the Austrians had assembled their troops, they planned to march into Serbia and settle the score by means of a swift offensive.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Both of his scores were set up by interceptions off Cal’s star quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele by Bruins defensive back Ta’Shawn James, the senior came entered the game with no previous interceptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Then the agent scores the trades based on a variety of factors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Just as Bernhard sang it over the opening of “Unzipped,” the same song scores the beginning of Mizrahi’s triumphant Fall/Winter 1995 presentation.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
We do know that scores of mothers saw Lindsay Clancy and felt a twinge of understanding.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was only to be expected on all scores that Bellerophon should seem less mortal than divine.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Western Michigan kicker Dieter Kelly scored all 12 of the Broncos’ points as the 27.5-point underdogs nearly upset No. 16 Michigan before losing 13-12 on a Hail Mary touchdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
It was Reece James, who began his career as a right-back, who failed to track captain Martin Odegaard as he scored Arsenal's winner at Emirates Stadium.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
He rushed for 29 yards and scored a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Striker Benjamin Sesko scored his first goal of a season - the start to which has been delayed for longer than anticipated by a shin injury.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Jay and DeShon clap backs like they’ve scored a point.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Stanford University sleep professor Rafael Pelayo noted that two human technicians scoring the same night often disagree by up to 20%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The guidelines recommend using validated risk scoring tools that take kidney function into account.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Chris Fields III guided the Colts on an 80-yard opening drive, scoring on a one-yard run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
In May he was snubbed by Thomas Tuchel for England's World Cup squad and responded by scoring against Bournemouth on the final day.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“She’s gonna go”—I made my voice high like a girl’s—“‘Oooo, there’s that Crash Coogan scoring another touchdown.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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