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as in ball game
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Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen may have started dating around the same time as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, but their relationship is a completely different ball game.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
27 Jan. 2025 -
Curating a collection of inspiration photos is fun, but turning the vision board into reality is a different ball game.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately for Detroit, the Minnesota Vikings continue to win, too, setting up what could be a photo finish in Week 18.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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In the men’s 100-meter final, Noah Lyles and six other runners were involved in a photo finish — 0.09 seconds separated Lyles from seventh place.—
The Athletic Staff,
The Athletic,
11 Aug. 2024
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Elections forecaster Inside Elections views Michigan as one of four toss-up Senate races in 2026, along with Georgia, Maine and North Carolina.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Cooley’s first Georgetown squad (9-23 in 2023-24) never had much of a chance to knock off the Friars, but this year’s Hoyas’ NCAA Tournament aspirations could have really benefited from a road victory in a toss-up game.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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An Israeli soldier was injured in the confrontation, the military said.—
Matthew Mpoke Bigg,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The two still-unidentified men reportedly talked about being armed and tried to provoke a confrontation.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Al Rasheed coastal road was damaged during the war and remains difficult to pass in some places.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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One such project, Hideouts: The Architecture of Survival, examined nine hiding places used by Jews during the war.—
Natalia Romik / Madę by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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The game figures to be tight, and for a while now, coach Andy Reid’s Chiefs have been winning such duels.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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His brawn did not correlate with a ranking in the bottom seven per cent of defenders from Europe’s top five leagues for aerial duels won and in the bottom one per cent for tackles won.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Although the California governor called for serious changes to happen in wildfire combat and prevention, Gibson called out Newsom’s plan.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Gone was the weekly speaker series that had been organized under the diversity program, which had brought in deaf people, combat veterans and others to share their experiences.—
Erica L. Green,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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That turned into an issue of contention in community hearings as opponents questioned whether the waivers and incentives being used to bypass the retail requirement were being applied correctly.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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The motion agrees with main contentions of Williford’s attorneys from the Exoneration Project, who have been seeking a new trial for the defendant.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Horse race.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20race. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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