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tournament

[toor-nuh-muhnt, tur-] / ˈtʊər nə mənt, ˈtɜr- /


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None of the four No. 1 seeds have struggled much in their respective games this tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

His absence this year, for the tournament that runs from 9 to 12 April, means it will be the first time since 1994 that both Mickelson and Tiger Woods will not feature in the Masters.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Coinbase has made sports a central focus of its prediction market strategy, prompting users to “trade the madness” as the college basketball tournament got under way this month.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Orange Lutheran 2, King 1: The Lancers won their first-round game of the Michelle Carew tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Going into the ten-round tournament, twelve-year-old Bobby was the youngest of twenty-five players.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady