the score
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Her first college softball game may not result in the score that she had expected.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
"Everyone seems to know the score, they've seen it all before."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
But England won in epic fashion thanks to Jude Bellingham's first-half double and Harry Kane's penalty, despite Quansah seeing red with the score 2-1 early in the second half.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Only a late penalty for Neymar, likely playing in the last World Cup of his career, narrowed the score line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
And Kaan is just one of the score of Maya settlements that in the last few decades have been investigated for the first time.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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