plural tourneys
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Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Cj Moore, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Knueppel would end up being the tourney MVP and helping Duke get to the Final Four, where the Blue Devils lost to Houston after squandering a six-point lead in the final 35 seconds.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The 2022-23 Big Ten regular season and tourney champs meet Saturday when No. 14 Indiana visits Iowa City.
—Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Dawes popped late in the year when he was elevated to starter for his last two games, putting up 21 points and 15 rebounds in a Big 12 tourney loss to UCF and then 19 points and 11 rebounds in a loss to Butler in the Crown.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Knueppel would end up being the tourney MVP and helping Duke get to the Final Four, where the Blue Devils lost to Houston after squandering a six-point lead in the final 35 seconds.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Big 12 regular season and tourney champs cruised past 16-seed SIU Edwardsville in the first round, but got a difficult test against 8-seed Gonzaga last Saturday.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The 2022-23 Big Ten regular season and tourney champs meet Saturday when No. 14 Indiana visits Iowa City.
—Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Tourney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourney. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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