stroke
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Bryson DeChambeau thought he had finished Day 2 of the British Open in second place and just one stroke off the lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
DeChambeau was later deemed to have not "played the course as it is found", breaking Rule 8.1 which revolves around player's actions that "improve conditions affecting the stroke".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
An operation to life the 48-year-old's eyelid after a minor stroke left her with huge swelling that covered her eye.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mom told me he’d had a massive stroke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
This was the correct treatment, he said, for someone who suffered from chikanditua, or a stroke.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Michael Phelps crawl stroked away from his first retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
On Thursday, Bethell cracked a switch hit off Varun Chakravarthy, played a delicate reverse scoop off Hardik Pandya and, with flowing hands and flashing wrists, stroked the ball to all parts.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
The Ghanaian stroked in his first Premier League goal in sky blue during a 2-0 win over Wolves after netting in the FA Cup and League Cup on his first two City appearances.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Pundits who failed to predict the operation in the first place gravely stroked their chins before intoning that the Venezuelan adventure must inevitably fail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
Barbatos stroked the enormous Nightbeast, and the monstruo snapped at him.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The 25-year-old converted from the penalty spot to set City on their way against Liverpool, before heading his second from Antoine Semenyo's cross and stroking into an open net to complete the hat-trick.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Mbeumo was the architect of the goal, stroking a superb pass to Etta Eyong, whose movement off the ball created space and he beat Loyce Mbaba with a shot between the legs of the goalkeeper.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Ms. Waller-Bridge was almost as funny as Jean Smart in “Hacks,” which lost the Emmy to Seth Rogen’s wobbly vehicle “The Studio,” another example of the industry stroking itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
"I hold an imaginary ball between my hands, and I dry brush my body, stroking my skin, visualising the blood flowing to my heart."
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
“It is well,” he said, stroking my hair.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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