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wickets

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plural of wicket

as in double doors

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Recent Examples of wickets Suthar then picked up two wickets in two overs, having Sharafuddin Ashraf (11) caught behind and bowling Rahmat Shah around his legs, completing his maiden five-wicket haul. — ABC News, 8 June 2026 Their opponents, India, took one look at the dry, dusty pitch and loaded their side with three spinners, who took 19 wickets between them in a 10-wicket win. — Matt Roller, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025

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On three-dimensional lattices — the graphs that most closely mirror physical systems — what happens exactly at the critical probability?

— Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
These included lattices, curved structures, and surfaces capable of changing their topography.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

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