the score
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But neither the score, nor Musa's double hat-trick was the main talking point that day – it was a 25-minute cameo from Gabriel on his debut, then aged just 14 and a half.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Her first college softball game may not result in the score that she had expected.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Utility man Tommy Edman’s pinch-hit homer in the eighth tied the score, but with two men on, Ohtani struck out and Andy Pages popped out against Yankees closer David Bednar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Leading the Cincinnati Symphony, conductor Kevin Miller relished the sweeping, Disneyesque optimism of the score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Once the Austrians had assembled their troops, they planned to march into Serbia and settle the score by means of a swift offensive.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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