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And recently, when these two teams play hockey, things have gone in the Panthers’ favor.—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025 It's been the home to Northeastern's basketball and hockey programs for years.—Mike Toole, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2025 Horse racing, for example, was OK; baseball, football, basketball and hockey were not.—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025 In the weeks leading up to the hockey game, Starling was buzzing with excitement.—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hockey
Word History
Etymology
perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hōc hook
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