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Recent Examples of cricket
Without Twenty20 cricket, the game might never have broken into new markets.
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Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The conversation continues on the cabin’s rickety porch, witnessed only by a symphony of crickets, cicadas and the occasional freight train passing in the night.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
About 127 million people watched the last Super Bowl in February, according to Nielsen — relatively unimpressive by the standards of cricket, one of the world’s most popular sports.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
In a 2024 study, scientists taped red flags taped to crickets’ hind legs to imitate the matador bugs and see how predatory birds responded.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
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Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The conversation continues on the cabin’s rickety porch, witnessed only by a symphony of crickets, cicadas and the occasional freight train passing in the night.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
About 127 million people watched the last Super Bowl in February, according to Nielsen — relatively unimpressive by the standards of cricket, one of the world’s most popular sports.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
In a 2024 study, scientists taped red flags taped to crickets’ hind legs to imitate the matador bugs and see how predatory birds responded.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cricket
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Singaporean ride-hailing firm Grab has also made a strategic equity investment in WeRide, and is working with the Chinese firm to offer robobuses in Singapore starting next year.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Since our founding, Angel City has remained committed to equity, inclusion, and belonging.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Seeking justice, centuries later Though the frenzy surrounding witchcraft in England faded in the decades following the Maidstone trial, and all laws criminalizing witchcraft have long since been repealed, the convictions of those women – and hundreds like them – still stand.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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In Pennsylvania, Martin was helping the state party’s effort to retain three state Supreme Court justices in an up-or-down vote.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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And, in complete fairness, the Dodgers seemed pretty comfortable, as demonstrated by manager Dave Roberts’ failed foot race.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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In fairness to Ross, all of his hiring cycles have been painful.—
Omar Kelly
October 31,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Cricket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cricket. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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