stray
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And in second-half stoppage time, Messi added another by collecting a stray ball and working through a crowd of Austrian defenders to hammer it home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Megan McColl had no excuse, however, when she shelled Dunkley's stray cut when the England batter had 45.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
The avenue is jammed on weekends, a rare artery of late-night action surrounded by streets abandoned to stray dogs as midnight approaches.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Rarely did her expression stray from a furrowed brow.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Some of the uranium 238 atoms will absorb a stray neutron and undergo a series of transformations to become plutonium 239.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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