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Recent Examples of crossbar
Tomas Soucek is superstitious and touches the crossbar before every game.
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Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
In November 2005, a Nike ad featuring Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho improbably hitting a goal’s crossbar with a ball four times in a row became the first YouTube video to reach 1 million views.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
The rails slide into a dovetail groove in the main crossbars.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
The ball ricocheted out to the penalty spot into the path of Agada, who had a wide open goal but blazed the shot over the crossbar.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
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Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
In November 2005, a Nike ad featuring Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho improbably hitting a goal’s crossbar with a ball four times in a row became the first YouTube video to reach 1 million views.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
The rails slide into a dovetail groove in the main crossbars.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
The ball ricocheted out to the penalty spot into the path of Agada, who had a wide open goal but blazed the shot over the crossbar.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossbar
Noun
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Meanwhile, firefighters in California continued to battle a blaze that broke out near Bishop, a city located between Yosemite National Park and Death Valley National Park in Inyo County.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Firefighters who battled the Palisades and Eaton blazes had elevated blood levels of mercury and lead, according to an early study.—
Christian Orozco,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Despite playing just one game in the Bronx, some MLB writers expect this to be his only season in pinstripes.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Though, this season, Wells expects to be unlike any backstop the New York Yankees have seen in pinstripes before.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But that’s how Duke, despite not making a single basket over the final four minutes, was able to hold on — because the best free-throw shooting team left in the field made 23 of its 27 attempts from the charity stripe, including nine of 10 in the last two minutes.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Magic forward is shooting 48% from the field, 36% from beyond the arc on 6.5 long-range attempts and 80.1% at the charity stripe on 9.5 attempts.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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About midway through, his character, searching for a trafficked young woman, poses as a drug dealer looking to score a connection with a local kingpin holding court in the backroom of a biker bar.—
Donald Liebenson,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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The judge sentenced the former G-Unit rapper to 30 days behind bars.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The band’s last Connecticut show was at New Haven’s College Street Music Hall in 2022.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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The class made their grand entrance into the convention hall via a marching band led by none other than drum major Mickey, fully decked out in band attire.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Crossbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossbar. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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