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When a clown’s only trick is shouting into a live microphone, the absolute worst thing that can happen is for the cameras to simply turn off.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
His win, combined with Antonelli's fifth place after what the Italian admitted was his "worst weekend of the year in terms of performance", has cut the points gap between them to 66.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The River Arts District, a string of old warehouses along the French Broad River that artists turned into studios and galleries over decades, took some of the worst of the flooding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Sharing his identity would disclose something that was at best salacious and at worst traumatic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
If only the phone were the worst of my problems.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
In fact, five earned runs and three homers remain season worsts for Gray, who has a 2.99 ERA in 16 starts since that April 1 loss.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
Wacha allowed season worsts of six earned runs and three home runs against Baltimore in his previous start.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
Only Robbie Ray of the Arizona Diamondbacks had a higher walk rate among qualified starters. Lynn’s strikeout and home run rates were also career worsts, making his 3.43 ERA seem like a mirage.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2017
At USC, Wilcox’s teams slid to, or very close to, career worsts in points allowed, yardage allowed, completion percentage and turnovers produced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2017
It seems like a long list of worsts.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
His father was a Wall Street banker turned Connecticut senator who was straight out of central casting: craggy, 6-foot-4, wearing gray worsted suits even in warm weather.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2018
Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017
Dark gray, worsted wool, jackets with rows of brass.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2017
Papa was elegant that day, in a brand-new double-breasted worsted suit, with vest and silk tie and stickpin.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
So far as the special matter in hand was concerned, the worsting of Hillsborough, though a gratification, did not result in the bettering of Franklin and his co-petitioners.
From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
Yates had a proud record to sustain, Harwell a decade of worsting to atone for.
From The Half-Back by Ralph Henry Barbour
He followed up his success by worsting the Senones, Carnutes, and Menapii, while Labienus defeated the Treviri.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Ajax, noble son of Telamon, captain of your people, the cry of Ulysses rings in my ears, as though the Trojans had cut him off and were worsting him while he is single-handed.
From The Iliad by Homer
He was the first to speak, and, in doing so, he felt he was acknowledging his worsting in the encounter.
From The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum
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