take something
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Shearer, speaking before it was known that Gordon had missed training, said it would take "something extraordinary to keep myself out of this game".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“We wanted to take something familiar and boring, but turn it into play,” King said of the office lobby.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
“I just want the people that are doing this caught. It takes a lot out of you when they take something that you worked hard for.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
"It's nice to take something from the game," Edwards said ahead of Saturday's match against fellow strugglers West Ham.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
I hear him throw down his keys, take something out of the refrigerator.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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