How to Use rematch in a Sentence

rematch

noun
  • The contest was a rematch of the thrilling final a year earlier.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The rematch will come Saturday, and at least one Bruins senior can’t wait.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The Bengals won the rematch and defeated the Bills 27-10.
    Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Later that evening, Trump took to Truth Social reiterating his previous statements that there would be no rematch.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Bacon then defeated Vargas by 3 points last year, setting the stage for a tight rematch in a district that is poised once again to award its lone electoral vote to the Democratic nominee.
    Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The rematch could be one of the most intense House races of 2024.
    Time, 16 June 2023
  • This time, the crowd pulls out their phones, ready for a rematch.
    WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In the rematch, Granada scored two in the fourth, four in the fifth and two in the seventh for an 8-0 lead.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • That’s pretty much it, man, and a rematch with Spence, and that’s it.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The game is the first rematch between her sons' two teams since the 2023 Super Bowl.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The game will be a rematch of last year’s first-round game won by Creighton in overtime.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The rematch — no date has been set — will occur at 154 pounds.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But the Shamrocks led by as many as 9 points, and this rematch will again test each team’s strengths.
    Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And yet a Trump-Biden rematch appears to be what the voters are going to get.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 30 July 2023
  • The game, which will likely decide which team wins the group, is a rematch of the 2019 World Cup final, won by the U.S.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • If the totals hold in an official count, the two will meet in a runoff rematch April 18.
    Leon Stafford, ajc, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The coaches even know to save a few plays for a potential rematch.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The fight will be a rematch between the two brawlers, who last met in November 2023.
    Hady Mawajdeh, Vox, 29 June 2024
  • And polls have shown that many voters are anything but happy at the prospect of a 2020 rematch.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • He is set to face off against President Biden in a 2020 rematch.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Duarte is in a rematch for the House seat in his district, which is mostly west and north of Fresno.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The Simpsons went for the three-peat the next year, when those two teams returned to the big game, tweaking a few lines to reflect the rematch.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 13 June 2024
  • Colorado turned the page from its 2-6 finish to beat Drake and Kansas State and set up a rematch against Iowa.
    Jeff Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Usman lost to Edwards again in the rematch last month in London.
    Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The contest will be a rematch of the 2022 primary election.
    Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 10 May 2024
  • In a normal year, the Pac-12’s resurgence and the Penix-Nix rematch would be cause for celebration, not lament.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But the bad-blood storyline of the rematch does give the stamp of rivalry to a contest in a league that’s in its fifth week of football.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2023
  • These two men seem to be treating this as a two-man contest as though that rematch of the 2020 election is already baked in.
    ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Each of the two districts features an electoral rematch from 2022.
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024
  • The series is a rematch of the 2020 Western Conference finals, won by the Lakers in five games.
    John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023

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