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Turning sadness, depression and defeat into group activities to be enjoyed together has been an ingenious masterstroke of programming.—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 That all starts with the masterstroke that was Doug Armstrong’s dual offer sheet in the summer of 2024 — a franchise-altering moment that has genuinely changed this team’s trajectory.—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 26 May 2026 What Happened In 1973 The 1973–1974 Arab oil embargo was a geopolitical masterstroke.—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 The move became a masterstroke.—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for masterstroke