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As England added 156 in the final 10 overs, Brook passed Stokes' record with a six whipped over the leg side off a full toss bowled by left-arm seamer Dilshan Madushanka.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This was a toss up between Victor Anichebe and Divock Origi, with both forwards contributing exactly half of all their Premier League goals as a substitute.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
From 2017 to 2024, the team that won the coin toss won 60% of the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Since the rule change, the winner of the overtime coin toss has chosen to kick in 16 of 22 overtime games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
How am I supposed to toss away the songs our ancestors passed on to us from the time they fled Spain?
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Shakur’s rapping is casually virtuosic, suave even as he tosses off boasts, taunts and threats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
However, with 55 runs required off the final 20 balls, Sutherland dispatched Georgia Elwiss for 23 runs, including sending two full tosses away for six, to drag Sunrisers back into the match.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Tom and Evan greet a new day by looking out at the bay, and the mayor tosses that telltale brooch into the water.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
In the glow of a ring light, he tosses off glib advice that might itself be worthless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Dad tosses his napkin onto the table, a disgusted look on his face.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Ohtani turned to the Dodgers’ dugout, spread his arms wide and tossed his bat to the side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
It moved me deeply to be tossed headlong into Mona’s life, to sit beside someone who, one day, decided that she wanted something else for herself.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Maryland quarterback Malik Washington tossed three more interceptions in the second half, the first two returned for touchdowns as Ta’Shawn James and Scooter Jackson scampered in from 39 and 65 yards, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The next year, in his major-conference debut at Duke, Mensah tossed an ACC-best 34 touchdowns while leading the Blue Devils to their first conference title since 1989.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He ripped it off and tossed it to the floor.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
In this sea of dread and doubt My poore barke is tost about; With storms and pirats far and wide, Death and woes on every side.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
When Mary was in her fits, if the witch but so much as laid her hand upon her she was tost and shaken fearfully.
From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
The Hector come from out the fight in arms Achilles lost, The Hector that on Danaan decks the Phrygian firebrands tost.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
Your needles, pins, your thread, And tapes all lost— Your housewife here, And there your work-bag tost.
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole
We tost off a Bottle of honest Port, which we relisht with a broil’d Chicken.
From Patrick Henry by Moses Coit Tyler
By the time the night was over, and Dailor was alone out front saying his goodbyes and tossing drumsticks into the crowd, Mastodon showed it was still surviving and thriving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
“We felt lighter. In fact, I became so enamored of it that I ended up tossing out a few things I shouldn’t have.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
In the end, it was Maye who made it happen, tossing a late touchdown with a brilliant one-handed catch by unheralded receiver Efton Chism III.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
"I was sort of standing up a lot and tossing books across the room and being really active. I was like, 'Wow, yeah, I didn't know I had it in me'."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Something to do,” he said, tossing the tickets on the floor.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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