Word: clinch
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...drained a four-foot putt through pouring rain to clinch the individual medal on the second playoff hole...
...victory on Saturday, meanwhile, assures Princeton of at least a share of the Ivy crown, and the Tigers only need to beat Penn on Nov. 7 to clinch the outright title...
...clinch his berth, Nguyen had to defeat Virginia Tech’s Angel Diankov in the semifinals. Nguyen started out smoking, claiming the first set 6-0 and jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the second set before giving up a service break. He regained his composure, breaking Diankov’s serve to get back the lead at 3-2, and then served the match...
...their bid to clinch further concessions, wager-crazy Hong Kongers now face very high odds. The swiftest way for Tung to ease public fury would be to shuffle his Cabinet, obscuring a handful of lieutenants who have become walking voodoo dolls around town. He's adamantly refused to take that step and is even less likely to retire himself. The loftiest aspiration of the marchers?speeding up democratic reforms to allow a directly elected Chief Executive and legislature by 2007 at the earliest?requires a big, generous and highly uncharacteristic nod from Beijing. In the Chinese-fire-drill events...
After racing to a 9-1 conference mark, the same squad that had finished 3-11 in the Ivies the year before was poised to clinch its first ever league title. With only four matches remaining, Harvard had a half-game lead on defending co-champion Penn, and the Quakers—who had dealt the Crimson its only league loss of the season—were set to visit the Malkin Athletic Center that weekend...