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Recent Examples of shutouts
Riley Bell, Senior, Crowley Bell earned District 3-6A Goalkeeper of the Year and TASCO First Team All Region honors, recording 207 saves and five shutouts on the season, including 125 saves and one shutout in district play alone.
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Charles Baggarly
may 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
Charles Baggarly
may 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutouts
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Friday night’s opening ceremonies in Los Angeles and Toronto were two of three blowouts FIFA organized for the opening matches of the 2026 World Cup.
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That usually means a team will play harder, the next game, but there have been an alarming number of blowouts this season in the league.
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The two subsequent washouts have given Sri Lanka a 1-0 series victory.
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There will be several chances for rain across Maryland Wednesday through early next week, but none of the days are looking like washouts.
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
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Costa Rican authorities have issued a nationwide green alert, warning that an intensifying rainy season and a developing Pacific low-pressure system threaten to trigger even more catastrophic landslides.
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After several players, including Addison Barger and Anthony Santander, dealt with setbacks, Daulton Varsho recently left a game with left wrist discomfort, adding to the team's woes.
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Retirement often arrives suddenly and unexpectedly, triggered by health setbacks or corporate downsizing.
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The victories signal a growing influence of the democratic socialist wing within the national Democratic party.
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His individual brilliance translated to team success, as Manchester City won a continental treble (victories in the Premier League championship; the Football Association (FA) Cup, England’s annual knockout tournament; and the Champions League) for the first time.
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Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.
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Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.
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Routinely vacuuming and doing quick sweeps with your wet mop can help tide you over until the kids are back in school or your house becomes a little less of a thoroughfare.
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There were sweeps and reverse sweeps, pulls and cuts.
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Otherwise, the Democrats’ showing in the campaign has amounted to a pileup of debacles.
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The one tiny potential upside of the populist movement was its apparent reluctance to plunge the nation into foreign debacles.
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“Shutouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutouts. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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