Word: falters
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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With the stadium now full, it was Yale’s turn to falter. The Bulldogs’ only trip across midfield in the second half resulted in a missed 27-yard field goal. The door was open for Harvard—it was just a matter of taking advantage...
...Crimson’s Rookie of the Year and a member of the varsity soccer team, recorded some big goals, along with sophomore teammate Ita Barton-Kettleborough, as the team moved on to the ECAC Championships and the Elite Eight tournament—but the team began to falter...
...bride-bearers that enabled the bride to appreciate them for carrying meat—so that the tigers would not devour her—the conversations I’ve had enable me to appreciate the people who shared their knowledge with me so that my ideas would not falter. In other words, I could not argue about social networks if I hadn’t discussed “Bowling Alone” with my classmates...
...Maybe it’s just a matter of taking it one race at a time,” Himler said. “Huge changes in the breeze happen. Regattas are two days. We do two dozen races. If we falter in one, we should adjust our attitude and strategy...
...enjoyment inflated out of proportion by my respect for his vigorous old age? Occasionally he’d falter a fraction, and I’d hastily scribble something like, “he’s mellowed; he’s not his former, razor-sharp self.” But this is too critical. His drumming rang with every ounce of his vast experience. Perhaps most telling was his playing during a bass solo. Haynes chose to pare his palette down to just one cymbal. Stripped bare with nowhere to hide, he shone with unobtrusive inventiveness, sending...