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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Senior Matteo Moran and senior Xander Gerard both scored three goals for the Scots in the state final.
—Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2026
James Rendall and two friends, all Scots, were initially thrilled that their country qualified for the World Cup.
—Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
This would have come as news to the Highland Scots who invaded England in 1745 or the Irish Whiteboys who terrorized landlords and tax collectors a few decades later.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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Noun
In the May 15 series finale, as Claire’s first husband Frank Randall (Tobias Menzies) foretold in his 20th-century book about the history of Scots who settled in North Carolina, Jamie is tragically killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Senior Matteo Moran and senior Xander Gerard both scored three goals for the Scots in the state final.
—Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2026
James Rendall and two friends, all Scots, were initially thrilled that their country qualified for the World Cup.
—Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
This would have come as news to the Highland Scots who invaded England in 1745 or the Irish Whiteboys who terrorized landlords and tax collectors a few decades later.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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“Scots.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scots. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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Scots
1 of 2 adjectiveScots
2 of 2 noun
: the English language of Scotland
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