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And having to do a stop-and-go, sort of stop and wait for five, 10 seconds, whatever people got, it destroys you on a track so short as well, your chances.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The result is bright, bracing and deeply satisfying — the sort of meal that tastes like it should cost considerably more than it did.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Consider what Brunson said recently in response to being asked to share the basketball more, the sort of glory-curbing request that can irk an NBA star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“She can be sort of mean, and we don’t like her in the beginning. As the series grows, you really feel for her. That’s so hard to pull off, and she does it in spades.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Every year this sort of talk went on between him and my mother, Mary K. When he went out on the ice they would always talk this way and always about a dream he'd had.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell