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Crawford padded the lead with an RBI single in the eighth, his third hit of the game, before Turner, celebrating his 33rd birthday, hit a two-run homer to break the game open.
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Some of this was likely circumstantial — seasons three and four were reportedly conceived as a single unit before being split — but whatever the reason, the resulting episodes frequently felt padded, a frustration exacerbated by the show’s ballooning celebrity cameos.
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Since the Labour Party took office in 2024, average weekly pay, adjusted for inflation and excluding bonuses, has inched up less than 1% to £494 ($651), according to the UK statistics office — hardly better than the growth since 2019.
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Kylian Mbappé passed Pelé on the World Cup goal-scoring list and inched closer to setting the overall goal record for the tournament.
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When the rain cleared, an American flag that covered most of the outfield was unfurled during the national anthem, and the fog slowly crept in.
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Vozinha crept toward Messi, rather than wait on his back foot, and stuffed Messi’s right-footed shot.
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In earlier matches Saturday, New Zealand edged France 34-32 in Christchurch, New Zealand and Japan beat Italy 27-10 in Tokyo.
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Norway edged possession in the first half and wanted to work wide triangles around Ivory Coast’s 4-1-4-1 block.
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So, while the Dodgers crawled out of the hole with a season-high 17 hits, the steep cost heightens the pressure on the rest of the rotation the rest of the series.
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“Tiptoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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