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as in ball games
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as in photo finishes
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Its status as a transient market doesn’t bode well when franchises have 81 home ball games during the regular season and the 2025 major league average attendance is 29,303 fans per ball game according to Baseball-Reference.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
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To start, there are no bicycles or ball games, no mirrors larger than the palm of one’s hand, and almost no personal property.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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Two men shot by Denver police – one who was killed and one seriously injured – in separate confrontations in late August were wielding fake guns, Denver Police Department officials said Thursday.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
5 Sep. 2025
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Cow attacks previously prompted by dogs Dangerous and occasionally fatal confrontations with cows are a common occurence during mountain hikes in Austria often prompted by dog, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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Players are being paid directly by their schools, ADs are looking for alternative sources of revenue and recruits are launching bidding wars.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Among the reasons the name was chosen, according to historians, was to signal that the United States prioritized preventing wars in the post-World War II nuclear age.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Still one of the NFL’s nastiest division rivalries, the game was full of skirmishes and a near-costly unnecessary roughness penalty late in the third against the Eagles that put the Cowboys in position to take the lead.—
Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Premiering in 2011, the edgy comedy follows Annie Walker (Kristen Wiig) as her life unravels while serving as maid of honor for her best friend Lillian Donovan (Maya Rudolph), leading to a string of wedding planning mishaps and bridal party rivalries.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Horse races.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20races. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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