opening
Example Sentences
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The buzz: Although the World Cup will be shared by three countries for the first time, Mexico gets the honor of playing the opening game.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Concerns were rising that the opening match in Mexico City on Thursday could be disrupted by social unrest.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Few shows are quite as ripely pubescent as this adaptation of the very popular “Every Summer After,” the debut of author Carley Fortune and the opening salvo in her “Barry’s Bay” series of romance novels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Kalshi said that in the first quarter of this year, it made more than 20 referrals to law enforcement of possibly illegal trading activity after opening more than 150 of its own investigations.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Yet there is a visible hole in the top, a small triangular opening the size of a quarter, where the iron either smashed or carried away the bone completely.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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