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paid off
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But three consecutive years of losing — the three worst seasons in the franchise’s 65-year history — finally paid off Sunday for the Wizards, who went 17-65 this season and even allowed Miami’s Bam Adebayo to score 83 points for the league’s second-highest single-game total ever.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026 -
The move paid off as Orlando limited North Carolina to just one shot on goal and keeper Anna Moorhouse recorded her third clean sheet of the season.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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“Got at.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20at. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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