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Goddesses on roller skates glide in buttery figure eights across the glass-fiber-reinforced concrete.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
And after years of full-backs being redeployed, culminating in Ange Postecoglou using his full-backs as number eights, maybe it's time we give the centre-back new responsibilities.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025
They were practically playing with two number eights in Dombrandt and Ben Earl, and a six in Chandler Cunningham-South.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024
The women's eights won a hard-earned bronze, as the rowing team reached historic heights in the French capital.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024
Thus, like a toy train doing endless figure eights on a looping track, her thoughts inevitably circled back to the very spot they kept trying to leave behind.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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