turf
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Should your running backs fall to the turf as if tackled by invisible linemen?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Brian Ortega was scheduled to fight on home turf, but due to an injury, his lightweight bout against Renato Moicano was removed from the card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Maresca dispatched rivals United on their own turf, and victory in the next two games will ensure a near-perfect start to his tenure in one of football's toughest jobs.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
But the Chargers were humbled on their own turf at SoFi Stadium, which will host Super Bowl 61 in February.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
By far his favorite, though, had been a field of artificial turf he’d played on at one away match.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
“The newer generation turfs may be safer than older generation turfs. And so studies that were done five or six years ago may not be including some of those newer generation turfs.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
In most administrations, a natural tension exists between the secretary of state and the national security adviser as their turfs overlap and they vie for the president’s approval.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
"The no-nonsense presentation of award announcements and acceptance speeches was followed by a lively special that impressively showcased contemporary Broadway musicals on their home turfs and classic reunions that felt fresh and welcome."
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2021
D.C. is patrolled by multiple law enforcement agencies, each with their own turfs and tactics.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2021
It consisted solely of heaps of stones—which were handy for throwing down the hole—together with a few rusty Genoese cross-bows with their bolts and a pile of turfs for the unlit fire.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
It was newly raised: the raw earth was covered with fresh-cut turves: about it were planted fifteen spears.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
He cut out some turves at the foot of the bank just outside the fern-brake, and made a shallow hole and laid his fuel in it.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Hastily he stamped out what was left of the fire, scattered the ashes, and laid the turves on the hole.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
He found that a small brand, burning away to its outer end, had kindled some fern at the edge of the fire, and the fern blazing up had set the turves smouldering.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
The oldest kind were, indeed, no more than built imitations of smials, thatched with dry grass or straw, or roofed with turves, and having walls somewhat bulged.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
That made it a surprise when Titans ownership turfed him out after the 2023 season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Outside, there are turfed grounds, a basketball court, and a four-car garage.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
It was eventually supposed to be covered in topsoil and turfed over, and made level with the surrounding fields.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
But the major political figures involved paid the ultimate political price: They were turfed out of office by voters.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
He turfed out half the contents of his trunk before he found it hiding beneath the rolled-up socks in which he was still keeping his bottle of lucky potion, Felix Felicis.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
By turfing the British out, Gálvez denied them a port in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2019
"Haywards Heath is a prime location for turfing you off the train and leaving you stranded with hundreds of people."
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2016
All the Australian tyro cared about was that he possessed the belief and the talent to prolong "the best week of my life" by turfing Nadal out of the grasscourt major.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2014
“We’re not a turfing group for Google’s competitors.”
From Forbes ● Sep. 21, 2011
He found the ramparts giving way, the turfing all crumbled off, and the escarpment and counter escarpment of the fosses much filled up.
From The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert
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