How to Use settle a/the score in a Sentence
settle a/the score
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In the late 1990s, two teams of astronomers were out to settle a score.
—Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2023
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Afterward, there was a call for a third fight between the two to settle the score.
—John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 15 Nov. 2020
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Gangs taunt one another on YouTube and settle the score with bloodshed.
—Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
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Jarstfer was glad that Siegert eventually had a chance to settle the score with his foot, and not his arm.
—Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2022
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But most fans would rather settle the score in regulation time.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2014
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To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian, a fighter with nothing to lose.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
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To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian – a fighter who has nothing to lose.
—Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
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To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter who has nothing to lose.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2023
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When all her legal options fail, Orah resorts to violence to settle the score.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
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The motives can be to grab land, to ostracize a woman to settle a score, or to justify violence.
—Suhasini Raj, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
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Paxton's defense sought to prove his impeachment was just an attempt to settle a score by political opponents in the state House and his own former aides.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
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