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Recent Examples of semifinal
On Thursday, March 27, the rocker was spotted in the stands of the women's semifinals tennis match at the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., with son Jake Bongiovi and daughter-in-law Millie Bobby Brown.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Millie Bobby Brown sat courtside on Thursday for the women’s semifinal at the Miami Open.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
The Bulldogs’ 2024 season ended in an upset loss to Lowell in a sectional semifinal.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Eala’s magical ride ended at 12:45 a.m. Friday after a nearly-three hour semifinal against No. 4 Jessica Pegula of the United States.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Millie Bobby Brown sat courtside on Thursday for the women’s semifinal at the Miami Open.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
The Bulldogs’ 2024 season ended in an upset loss to Lowell in a sectional semifinal.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Eala’s magical ride ended at 12:45 a.m. Friday after a nearly-three hour semifinal against No. 4 Jessica Pegula of the United States.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semifinal
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Buy After bringing up the idea of ugly wins, Antetokounmpo rolled through a mental Rolodex of scores from previous playoff endeavors, specifically calling out the 86-83 win over the Brooklyn Nets in Game 3 of the Bucks’ second-round series during their 2021 championship run.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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No active player in baseball has been a defending champion as often as Betts, his three championship rings (2018 Boston Red Sox, 2020 and 2024 Dodgers) leading everyone.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2025
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Teams from Argentina have managed to reach four of the last eight finals but only in 2018 could River Plate lift the trophy, in an all-Argentinian final against fierce rivals Boca Juniors.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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With under eight minutes left in Duke’s comfortable and convincing 85-65 victory over Alabama in Saturday night’s East regional final of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Blue Devils freshman phenom Cooper Flagg found himself with the basketball, being hounded by a smaller Crimson Tide player.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
30 Mar. 2025
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Talk Is Cheap Aside from being a high profile derby, sparks were set to fly in this match after Brazil winger Raphinha decided to speak out in an interview with Brazilian legend Romario that was released on Monday.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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His only start came on March 16, 2013, in a West Yorkshire derby at home against Huddersfield Town.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Another concern with the play is injury potential for all players at the line of the scrimmage.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Keys, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound cornerback from Fletcher High in Neptune Beach, committed to the Knights on Saturday following the team’s first scrimmage of spring camp.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2025
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The nightcap between Houston and Duke is scheduled for an 8:49 p.m. start.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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The tradition of enjoying a drink to promote better rest — known as a nightcap — dates to the early 18th century.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Semifinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semifinal. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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