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Recent Examples of turf
The project voters are now being asked to approve is two new artificial turf fields — one each for the varsity baseball and softball teams.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers in their first game played on new artificial turf at Soldier Field.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The Dalai Lama’s nonsectarian vision and unifying presence has helped Tibetans in exile avoid the fate of many diaspora communities that fall apart from internal strife, tribal loyalties, and turf wars.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Eyes fixed on his feet, hands stitched to the inside of his trouser pockets, Pep Guardiola dragged himself onto the Amex turf before Darren England had even brought the whistle down from his mouth.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers in their first game played on new artificial turf at Soldier Field.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The Dalai Lama’s nonsectarian vision and unifying presence has helped Tibetans in exile avoid the fate of many diaspora communities that fall apart from internal strife, tribal loyalties, and turf wars.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Eyes fixed on his feet, hands stitched to the inside of his trouser pockets, Pep Guardiola dragged himself onto the Amex turf before Darren England had even brought the whistle down from his mouth.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turf
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Despite being in the red zone before the Sanders fumble and having a chance to convert deep shots late, the Cowboys ultimately could not get into plus-territory to get on the scoreboard.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Huffman recently whimsically hinted at his enthusiasm about representing new territory.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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However, a Minnesota court struck down the binary trigger ban, arguing that the legislature violated the state constitution’s single-subject clause by burying the ban inside a sprawling spending bill.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Manchester City transfer that never happened An intriguing sub-plot to the fourth suspicious match, against Bournemouth on August 12, 2023, centres on Paqueta being the subject of significant transfer interest from Manchester City.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Turf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turf. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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