set against
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Twelve months later, she reached another Melbourne final - and a flurry of mistakes saw her squander a break lead in the deciding set against Elena Rybakina.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Norwegian Ruud spurned five match points in the third set against Safiullin, by which time he said he had already started to feel cramping in his legs.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The homophonic novels share other likenesses: Both center on estranged sisters, both are set against a backdrop of political unrest and both feature the unlikely appearance of a horse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
UC Irvine held a sizable lead in the first set against the Rainbow Warriors and eventually pulled away to win 25-15.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Ragtime47 , for example, would hardly be ragtime without the jaunty syncopations in the melody set against the steady unsyncopated bass.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
