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reference
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Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
Then, after an agonizing review, involving super-slow-motion replays and the analysis of multiple camera angles, the refs determined, more than two minutes later, that the ball had brushed a Tech player’s pinkie on the way out.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The refs blew the whistle on Jae'Lyn Withers as Duke, without Cooper Flagg, celebrated.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
Players bark at the refs all the time, but there’s an art to it.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Gophers hockey: Was refs' decision to sit Liam Souliere the right one?
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
Then, after an agonizing review, involving super-slow-motion replays and the analysis of multiple camera angles, the refs determined, more than two minutes later, that the ball had brushed a Tech player’s pinkie on the way out.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The refs blew the whistle on Jae'Lyn Withers as Duke, without Cooper Flagg, celebrated.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
Players bark at the refs all the time, but there’s an art to it.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Ref.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ref. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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