Word: comeback
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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Dropping each of the first two sets by only two points, the Harvard men’s volleyball team still had hopes of mounting a comeback for its first win of the season. But the Crimson was not able to pull through in the final frame, suffering a loss to its fellow Cantabrigians last night...
...likened to "tufts of grass among the ruins" of the fratricidal war - a typically earthy metaphor for a poet derided by his detractors as artless and quaintly rustic. The landscapes in his poems are undeniably folksy. Villagers get drunk on bootleg makgeolli - the milky, fizzy rice wine making a comeback in South Korea these days, thanks in part to a national grain surplus. Surprised burglars are spotlit by incandescent moons. Young lovers do amorous things in barley fields while dogs couple in dusty streets. Fauna make their appearance throughout Ko's work - he jabbers lovingly with crabs and cuttlefish...
York had 29 saves overall and shut out Harvard in that critical third period to seal the Engineer comeback...
Just as the Harvard men’s ice hockey team’s victory seemed inevitable, a three-goal comeback by Union in the final six minutes of the game threatened its triumph. But it wasn’t quite enough to overcome the Crimson...
...shots for the game, with 16 of these shots coming in the final period. The Harvard men could only hold for so long, and the Dutchmen scored their first goal at 14:27 off a power play. Determined to continue his team’s comeback, Union coach Nate Leaman substituted Milan in favor of another offensive player. The Dutchmen punched in their second goal with a six-on-four advantage in the last few minutes and logged their final score with only 3.4 seconds remaining in the game...