field day

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Recent Examples of field day There was a similar incident in the first half of last month’s derby against Spurs, a game so open that an efficient Arsenal team would have classed it as a field day. Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 The flooding is due to the release of too much water by Russia, which is having a field day with the river levels. Photovogue, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024 Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Fallon (a.k.a. three-fifths of Strike Force Five) are having a field day covering Donald Trump’s new tariffs and Elon Musk’s big loss in the Wisconsin race for a judge seat. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025 So the next time the weather is nice, throw a field day in your backyard. Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for field day
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Noun
  • The 28-year-old got to finishing fights in his most recent outing, knocking out former UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns in the third round of their UFC 299 meeting.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Cruise’s next outing as Ethan Hunt, the eighth in the series and in theaters this May 23, is subtitled The Final Reckoning.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales, and more.
    Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
  • During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales and more.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no control room or isolation booth at the barn; the recording console is out in the open.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Building in the open has the power to benefit every enterprise and team that participates.
    Luca Maraschi, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Then there are Big Brother alums Danielle and Britney, with the former holding a grudge against the latter for a betrayal that occurred on a mini-season lark called Big Brother: Reindeer Games.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Her knack for hairdressing revealed itself on a lark, though her creative sensibilities were clear from an early age.
    Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Even given the visitors’ impressive defensive performance in a goalless derby against champions City last weekend, Newcastle rightly will be targeting a victory.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • After losing Arsenal goalscorer Gabriel at a corner in September’s 1-0 north London derby defeat, Argentinian media reported that Romero was unhappy with his travel arrangements after representing his country twice in World Cup qualifiers.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Running a gymkhana in the 600SL would be like asking Her Majesty to run a boot-camp obstacle course.
    Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 2 Jan. 2023
  • In the episode, Ken talks with editor Jake Lingeman about the newest gymkhana car, the Hoonifox, and his aspirations to film it in Miami with an '80s Miami Vice vibe.
    Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver, 14 May 2020
Noun
  • In the Cape Ann League, Vinn Winter (six goals) and Finn Wright (five goals, four assists) dominated the play, as Ipswich cruised to a 17-5 romp of Amesbury.
    Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The one-night-only reading of the romp, presented as part of Chance Theater’s On The Radar New Works Program, is directed by Sasha Nicolle Smith and stars Tristan Cunningham, Kathleen Littlefield and Josh Schell.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025

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