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“It was rewarding because everything started off so bad,” said Bort Escoto, who is in his 33rd season at Sylmar, making him the City’s longest-tenured active boys’ basketball coach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

In the book, Earps claims she told Wiegman she was rewarding "bad behaviour" by recalling Hampton to the England squad after dropping her for being "disruptive and unreliable".

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Vrabel announced Monday that Williams would serve as acting head coach for the preseason opener and later explained his intent was rewarding someone who had earned this opportunity.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Here’s what that means – bees only accepted a flower if, at a glance, they were sure it was rewarding.

From Scientific American • Jun. 27, 2023

Rowan wanted to despise all of this, but there was something about honing one’s skill, no matter the nature of that skill, that was rewarding.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman