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Recent Examples of cricket
And in Test cricket the England and Australia players would go into each other’s dressing rooms for a drink in the middle of a game, let alone the end of it.
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Paul Newman, New York Times, 26 May 2026
That land includes farms, holiday cottages, forests, residential and commercial buildings, and even a cricket club—the site of the Kia Oval is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 May 2026
Kent & Curwen’s fall 2026 collection, which showed at Westminster School in London in April, was an ode to the posh English collegiate look, full of tennis and cricket sweaters, tweed jackets, and knitwear that sparkled with brooches resembling military regalia.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
Other sports—including cricket, Nascar and the NHL—do not have an athlete represented this year.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Paul Newman, New York Times, 26 May 2026
That land includes farms, holiday cottages, forests, residential and commercial buildings, and even a cricket club—the site of the Kia Oval is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 May 2026
Kent & Curwen’s fall 2026 collection, which showed at Westminster School in London in April, was an ode to the posh English collegiate look, full of tennis and cricket sweaters, tweed jackets, and knitwear that sparkled with brooches resembling military regalia.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
Other sports—including cricket, Nascar and the NHL—do not have an athlete represented this year.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cricket
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The declining popularity of Indian equities is reflected in the MSCI index, where the country's weightage has shrunk to around 11% from its peak of nearly 20% in 2024.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Duke’s profit + data centers The disagreement over return on equity is one of the central concerns customer advocates and ratepayers have in the case.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissent that was joined by her fellow liberal justices, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Nowak's death has triggered debates about policing and knife crime and has spurred claims by far-right activists and politicians that there is bias against white people in the justice system.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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In fairness, the NBA’s young stars usually experience playoff failure before hoisting a championship trophy.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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In fairness to RoboClown, that kid was standing directly in the path of its kicks.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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“Cricket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cricket. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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