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Recent Examples of five
LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.
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Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for five
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The wave is one of a number of rituals that have become synonymous with Mexico’s footballing culture and will likely form a big part of the experience for the tens of thousands of overseas visitors expected to attend the 13 matches being played in Mexico.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Every July tens of thousands of cyclists cross Iowa from the Missouri River to the Mississippi, riding past farm stands that will turn into dance parties by nightfall, across miles of cornfields and up rolling hills.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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And unlike most multi-goal leads in what has been a wild and thrilling series, this one held up, with Brandon Bussi finishing with 22 saves in his second career postseason start.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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But at the end of the day, no one is forcing me to do this.—
Max Berlinger,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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For years, Hollywood star Emilia Clarke didn’t speak publicly about suffering two brain hemorrhages in her twenties.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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In his twenties: stands in the batter’s box as his Atlanta Braves teammate Hank Aaron hits his seven-hundred-and-fifteenth homer.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war, according to some Western intelligence reports, and hundreds of thousands more have left the country to avoid being drafted.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Despite the hundreds of wins, Powerball has not seen a jackpot winner in more than a month.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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