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as in ball games
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as in photo finishes
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Its status as a transient market doesn’t bode well when franchises have 81 home ball games during the regular season and the 2025 major league average attendance is 29,303 fans per ball game according to Baseball-Reference.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
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To start, there are no bicycles or ball games, no mirrors larger than the palm of one’s hand, and almost no personal property.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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Some say the confrontations are not isolated, but part of a wider cycle of fear and resistance that is expected to intensify as operations expand.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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That event was still beset by confrontations, with someone jumping on a police officer, protesters smashing glass panes in the doors of the venue and members of the Proud Boys – a far-right group – clashing with demonstrators, according to local media reports.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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This isn’t a sign of ascendant fascism so much as the nadir of late-stage capitalism, which depends on forever wars to juice corporate profits at a time of falling rates of return on investment.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Grenada was never really suited for taking center stage in ideological proxy wars.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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Created by Oscar winner Callie Khouri, the series tracks the tangled personal and professional lives of fictional country stars navigating fame, rivalries, and the high-stakes world of Music City.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep. 2025
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The bonds in Task are between men and other men, whether the backdrop is a barroom or a church; the loyalties, power structures, rivalries, and affections are all patriarchal.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Horse races.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20races. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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