cue in
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And right on cue, in the next half-inning, the Dodgers would take advantage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
However, it comes against a backdrop of arriving in Sheffield without any competitive action since breaking his cue in frustration at the Championship League in January.
From BBC ● May 1, 2025
Thesefindings are the first example of static electricity being used as a sensory cue in a predator-prey interaction.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024
Depending on what researchers said to them, participants in the study would either smile or frown on cue in certain phases of sleep.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
She first screamed at the ball, then took the cue in her hands and bit down upon the shaft, still screaming through her clamped teeth.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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