the score
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For Hull City, Neill became the first player-manager to score in a shootout, helping keep the score level at 3-3.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Adès, who has his own unpredictably whimsical side, conducts as though he had written the score himself and shares his pleasure with every delightful effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
To even the score, Weir’s novel describes ammonia-breathing Rocky as smelling like cat pee, an aside the script politely omits.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Then, with his squad trailing by two runs with two outs in the eighth, Bryce Harper unloaded a 432-foot moonshot to tie the score.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
This general despair was just one of the reasons they didn’t detect the score of rats until they were almost on top of them.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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