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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


NOUN
musical arrangement
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But on the bounce, the ball shot up in the air, and then it settled in the grass, giving Bregman enough time to score the go-ahead run.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

But they failed to score again after leaving seven runners stranded.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Reviewing the musical before it transferred to Broadway, our critic praised it as “an exuberant parade of song, dance, preening and posing that revitalizes Mr. Lloyd Webber’s enduring score with wit, invention and roof-rattling energy.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

A loose pass from Williams sent the ball straight into Australia's hands, allowing Austin to calmly extend the gap to 28-16 and her side kept the margin steady, resulting in a half-time score of 35-24.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Fischer appeared on stage at Laugardalshöll to sign his score sheet.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Bankers estimate there are at least a thousand SPVs tied to SpaceX stock alone, and it will be a chance for scores of investors to cash in on the shares’ growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Most of the destruction from the fire, which broke out Friday, was in villages on the Gulf of Corinth including Porto Germeno, where scores of homes are thought to have been destroyed or damaged.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

He urged Notre Dame to close scores of courses with tiny enrollments and suggested students be required to live on-campus because about 25% of the dorm rooms were vacant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Research from last year found scores of channels on YouTube that were solely AI-generated content, external, many of which had millions of subscribers and some of which made millions of dollars in revenue.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Then Liz chimes in with, “I have lost so much study time for my exams, if I get terrible scores, it’s on you.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

When ABC had Super Bowl XL in 2006, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks scored 90.7 million viewers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Disney scored higher revenues in its entertainment business behind growth in streaming subscriptions.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

The Phillies slotted him in at cleanup Tuesday, where he scored a run and drove in two more in a 5-0 win.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The odyssey took them to Paris next, Wales' first knockout fixture since Pele had scored the only goal as Brazil beat them in a 1958 World Cup quarter-final.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“Yeah, for our game. Yesterday when we all hugged you”—Tobias nodded at Omi—“the guys who touched Mila’s sweater scored a personal best. So we decided that Mila’s green fuzz was magic. Or something.”

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

The guard — who led the NBA in scoring with an average of 33.5 points a game last season — even offered to pay the team’s travel costs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Satpaev opened the scoring against Western Sydney Wanderers with a powerful near-post finish and looks quick, powerful and capable of finding the net regularly.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The unusual scoring system attacks the ego, with champions losing almost as many points as they win.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Nasa says he’s not sure what he’ll do now that he’s graduated, but one thing he’s interested in is composing for musical theater — or possibly scoring films.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

A wide variety of microbes, which would have been indetectable with conventional scoring techniques, was found in essentially every site examined.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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