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In an extraordinary outburst on Saturday, the 45-year-old Maresca suggested that he and his team had lacked backing.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

A bitterly disappointed Amorim, seeking his fifth straight win at home, said his team had lacked intensity.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

But it turns out Jones was exactly the missing piece that the Colts offense needed—and that Indianapolis offered Jones everything he had lacked as his career spiraled downward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

But since April 8, Hedges had lacked the same electricity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2025

But Pendleton’s attention had been fixed on his own chief and he apparently had lacked the wherewithal to say anything in this drawn-out moment of the drama.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis