Twice Harry nearly hit another player, without knowing whether it was a teammate or opponent; everyone was now so wet, and the rain so thick, he could hardly tell them apart.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"If he lied about that, how do you know he's telling the truth about wanting to be a player?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Did she have a DVD player, because they’d gotten this VHS player at a thrift store for only five dollars—Five dollars! We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Consider two baseball players, say, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen people do some pretty stupid things in my life, but trying to jump a rugby player in front of his whole team has to be about the stupidest. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Princeton doesn’t give out athletic scholarships, but many of our tennis players receive financial aid based on need. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also prevents players from eavesdropping on commands given by their opponents. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So honored was she by the presence of these three stud football players, according to Derric and Gary, that she insisted on Polaroid pictures being taken to commemorate the occasion. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the apartment is located right on top of the steakhouse, I can hear the noisy player piano in the bar every night as I fall asleep. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She organized the group of Atlanta Falcons football players who came to escort Jus home from the hospital in a luxury party bus. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was a really good soccer player and wanted to try to make a career of it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

For his first round, Bobby was paired to play white against a Canadian player who’d registered in advance and paid his entry fee but was nowhere in sight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

From the start, they were fighting an uneven battle, and the conflict got uglier as new players came on the scene. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The teacher walks in, hauling a huge cassette player. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The old player ushered me through the cluttered area behind the stage and into a large, windowed room where most of the company stood or sat about in various stages of undress. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder every professional player always looks like they just stepped off a runway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Permian players had been trained and molded to perfection, every ounce of skill extracted and made into something, and it showed stunningly. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Families are apt to spend their evenings huddled around video players viewing the latest Schwarzenegger opus. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think about how my old boyfriend Max used to tell me I’d make a good bass player, and things start getting clearer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can't pick up a newspaper or turn the pages of a book or switch on a CD player. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd chanted his name, and players began appearing from their locker room. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And so, while Eddie V. went off on the chemical taste of soda in plastic bottles, Dell checked out a website that sold bobble-head baseball player dolls at very affordable prices. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Unburdened by a dairy cow's timidity and great bother of fat, she charged the soccer players as if seeking revenge in the name of oppressed cattle the world over. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He tried to show us how to be steely-eyed poker players, but I wasn’t very good. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chess players were beginning to regard the forthcoming Fischer–Spassky duel as the most important match ever played by an American. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I bring up a player directory, then hunt for Jena’s profile. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d shown up as a reporter knowing little about the team other than that it was based in a town called Clarkston, the players were refugees, and the coach was a woman. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, however, all the rejected players and a number of people who had come down to watch after a lengthy breakfast had joined the crowd by now, so that it was larger than ever. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The grip finally came loose, the player slipping to the ground as if he was sinking into a swamp, and Comer broke off into the end zone. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had vowed to come through for her players and their families or to come apart trying. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m a serious racquetball player, and I taught Chris to play when he was eleven. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them were already frustrated with the boys playing football in the street—lost in their game, the players would curse, run through flower gardens, and scatter their quarter-water bottles across the sidewalks. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Lonna was one of the waitresses in bathing suits who drove electric carts around the golf course, serving beer and other beverages to the players. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the second line is played by an alto sax player, the result sounds like the first line. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He sat on the bleachers, counting players as he tied the laces of his cleats. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

So, I just sat there with a bottle of champagne near the CD player, and I changed the songs to fit the mood of what I saw. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first player, the one with the large belly, nodded with vigor and rubbed his hands, ready for action. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Both were football players at Sky View High School in Smithfield, the second largest city in Cache County after Logan. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The player who finds the most pairs wins. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, okay, I was a great shooter, but I wasn’t a great defensive player. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a big guy—big for a soccer player—with long, curly black hair. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose nothing remains now but to tell you what happened, as far as I know, to the rest of the players in our story. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She cheered in front of the players’ bench and was shooed away by a coach. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Scaramouche, a self-employed painter, was one of the best tennis players among people of colour in Johannesburg. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was about two years old, his mom had bought him one of those unbreakable cassette players and a bunch of sing-along tapes. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on Friday nights in Odessa, you could gaze down at the football field and see several black players tearing up the field for Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom looked in the rearview mirror and added, “Look! Soccer players!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched, mostly from the sidelines, and got into one game briefly, only to discover that the players were a whole level better than me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The pose he settled on was something like a baseball player sliding into third base, but with his head propped on his elbow as if taking a nap. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Lake Windsor players, who had huddled together after the goal, were slow getting back into position. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After coaxing from Nigro, a few of the older players relented and gave Bobby a game or two. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The spotlight inches around the opposite end of the arena, the music changing with every player. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Coach Gaines, who spent almost as much time dealing with parents as he did with the players, had never met her. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he knew all the major players personally. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Henry Winter,” said my friends when I pointed him out, at a distance, making a wide circle to avoid a group of bongo players on the lawn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I had no idea where I was running, or why, or even who the other players were. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are instruments and human players but sometimes a fiddle or a drum makes instruments of those who play them, and all are put in servitude to the song. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the first few weeks of his membership, Bobby enrolled in a tournament for C players and won it easily. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All of these young players would eventually be surpassed by Fischer, but they tested him with daring alternative variations, and his play sharpened as a result. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Your sister said he was a good poker player. I guess he travels to all the Indian casinos in the country.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The eight tables, with chess sets and boards, were at the ready for the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

These are the sedans used by team players for transportation around the city—but still, best not to arouse suspicions. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You know that hallway down by the science labs? The creepy one where the football players always take their girlfriends to make out?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Zach is what in sports is called a “red-light player”—the bigger the stage and higher the stakes, the better he is. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wait to see a fourth player show his face, but the house falls into a moment of silence. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Luma had called her players the night before to remind them of the early start. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I looked at Ben, confused, and then Ben said, “He was a sax player.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

All players willing to discuss sharing their clues come to the coffee shop tomorrow 10 A.M. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were sacrifices of pieces on both players’ parts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a smattering of applause like they give injured players at sporting events. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

However, in American tournaments, where hotel ballrooms are rented and contracted for a specified period and players have made arrangements for flights home, it’s necessary to apply a tie-breaking system to determine the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Far beyond, players in whites showed sharp against the red of the courts surrounded by grass, a gay vista washed by the sun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here at Booker, she knew there was at least one other Book Scavenger player: Babbage was prowling around somewhere. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jenna steals away to press "play" on the cassette player she'd hidden in a corner, and soft music wafts through the whole room at just the right volume. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pianist or xylophone player only gets one note from each key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The other item in the shoe box was Dad’s old Walkman cassette player and a cassette in its plastic case. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Half the football players were coughing from the polluted air. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes into the second half, Josiah tapped the ball past his defender on the left wing and then ran after it, leaving the Blue Springs player frozen behind him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He, Mandela, and Natnael could round up a new roster of players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On Saturday morning, the Permian players huddled in the coaches’ office for the weekly review of the game on film. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally at this point she called the younger players in from their laps and started them on their drills. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Billy Steen, who bore no resemblance whatever to a football player but had become one through sheer will, fighting off an offensive lineman four inches taller and fifty pounds heavier to sack the quarterback. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Brown asked a lot of her players, especially of Luma. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Only the football players were privy to that sacred knowledge. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Bobby took anything away from that match, it was the knowledge that the Soviet players were the best in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We’re down to ten players and I’m going to stick with the ten unless somebody gets hurt. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Big Dub and Jackie Harris, one of the school’s best players, occupied the third court. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could have been a bit player on a Saturday morning children’s show. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the players had changed, but the positions were the same. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Brown challenged her players by setting an example. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

You know how baseball players sometimes talk about games when the ball seemed to be coming at their bats in slow motion, looking like a gigantic freeze-frame cantaloupe just waiting to be pounded? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, it seems that players play baseball to make money. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have extra French horn players, but they can't read bass clef C parts. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She told me she had been to Wimbledon several times, that she was an above-average club player and that all her family was involved with tennis back in England. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faces of the players, actually their school photos, were arranged in three rows, the way that a team would pose. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball flew straight to the goalie, but the move was so remarkable that the parents of the Triumph players applauded in appreciation. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

That night there were only eight players, making it more difficult for each to contend with the master than if there’d been scores of players, who would have slowed Pavey’s progress. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Carter Cowboys were scared of no one, absolutely no one, and just as the Permian players walked around with a shield of invincibility, so did they, a shield ten times stronger. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her he was planning to write a book that would prove how the Soviet players cheated in chess, and the tapes contained his thoughts on the matter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I was at a soccer game in Ghazi Stadium in 1998. Kabul against Mazar-i-Sharif, I think, and by the way the players weren’t allowed to wear shorts. Inde­cent exposure, I guess.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The other players groaned, but did nothing to stop Joseph from whispering in her ear. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was a formidable player; few dared play with him for his stakes were so high and reckless. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is really last-minute, Silas. It leaves us with only nine players for tomorrow.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Coach Warner cares so much about his players that he pushes them out into the lightning every day.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He froze as the other players turned to look at him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Normally, a simultaneous exhibition is given by one master who walks from board to board, competing against multiple players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In chess, a second’s job is to be an attendant, advisor, advocate, and majordomo for the player he serves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Luma hurried her players into a huddle and began to tick through the adjustments she wanted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was a player, but he was up at forward when he didn’t have the weight to be no forward. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had the second floor, which meant I got noise from both above and below, two unwanted disc players thumping late into the night. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he began to steal from diem, take trips to Cincinnati and sleep for days in his room with the record player going. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Roamer has taken over the kitchen with random other baseball players and football players. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Basketball players did passing drills on deck, but the wind kept jettisoning the balls into the Atlantic. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was posted, along with Samuel, one of the hopefuls, in the tiring-room to help the players change costume. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Behind his bedroom door, he can sit and put Hall & Oates on the record player in the corner, and nobody hears him humming along like his dad to “Rich Girl.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Soon the table is filled with his father’s hand-held vacuum, the rice cooker, the tape player, the television, the curtains still attached to their collapsible plastic rods. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a poster of Reggie’s favorite basketball player, Reggie Miller, but the star’s bio was covered up by a picture of Jesus, looking serene, wearing a white shirt with a red robe over it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I found this video of a New York Mets player from the 1980s dressed like that,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He reported in the ship’s log that the Javanese players made 'country musick ... of a very strange kind, yet the sound was pleasant and delightful. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The dissenting group, it’s my privilege and headache to divulge, consists of the three featured players themselves, two female, one male. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I watched as the first group of players passed through the opening at the far end of the bleachers, heading toward their cars. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But very few basketball players see the court as clearly as Larry Bird did, and that’s because very few people play in that optimal range. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“When I came out of the exhibit, I saw a bunch of guys from Tangerine Middle going in. I think they were soccer players.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been un-American not to love the best football player. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

One was Nick, the fellow who had been the butt of the players' jokes the day before, and who had played the queen in Hamlet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The entire Houston Cougar football staff has been in the process of putting together the top list of high school senior football players in Texas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach was trying out different combinations of players, and although he didn’t say it, he was evaluating who was going to be a starter for sure. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In tennis, both players started at zero, except they called it love. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The aisles are jam-packed with viewers, waving homemade posters of their favorite wild-card players, all gathered here to see us in the flesh. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Seems kind of strange for Coach to be sticking his neck out so far for a non-basketball player,” says Erin, fishing. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no bathroom time-outs during soccer games, she would tell her players, for example, so there would be no bathroom breaks during practice either. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Different rhythms being played at the same time by the same player — Clarity requires that you write one rhythm with stems up and the other stems down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“There’s no doubt as to your qualifications. You are a fine tennis player, well mannered and able to speak English, rather well, I must say.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year younger than Bobby, his notable accomplishment wasn’t in chess—he was a tournament player but not of championship caliber—but in law. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, not yet aware that they were in the presence of a prodigy but realizing that Bobby was someone exceptional, the club’s players started gathering around his board and asking him questions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Over the last few centuries such companies have become the main players in the economic arena, and we have grown so used to them that we forget they exist only in our imagination. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cutoff date for almost all nonschool baseball leagues in the United States is July 31, with the result that more major league players are born in August than in any other month. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe trombone players are nice, like the girl in the station, like Melba. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’m connected to Russ in a way that the other players are not. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with one last explosion from the conga player, the song was over. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the book keeper was ill, Sander was given the task of holding the play book and throwing out lines to players who were floundering. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the summer, Lau Po had taught me all he knew, and I had become a better chess player. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luma told the three boys that she couldn’t coach a team of players who wouldn’t show up on time for practice or games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Lake Windsor players had lined up in the distance, ready to come at us again. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Egypt would be a key player in his push to the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

If he wasn’t a basketball player, what would he be? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And every time he defeated a player with a higher rating, his own rating rose. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Except the player isn’t sacrificing a pawn to attack a king, it’s a parry, a feint, a foil shift to divert attention. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So there were rank beginners who barely knew the moves, seasoned club players who’d been playing chess all of their lives, and a sprinkling of masters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I'd a little rather not be the polo player," said Tom pleasantly, "I'd rather look at all these famous people in--in oblivion." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You make some bonds for life,” he told a television interviewer of his career as a high school football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The original name was Salt Spring, and it’s famous for its casino, fancy spa and resort, basketball player Larry Bird, and healing springs. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m simply a basketball player—a point guard. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben had heard the players discussing Coach Spinks’s addiction to this particular soft drink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pay wasn’t nothing like the same, but we had some good players in the Negro Leagues. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union had more first-rate players than any other three nations combined. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The instant I head back to my room and close my door, I bring up all of my downloaded info on the players and display it on my wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The organ player, a plump man who scrambled to keep up with the action on-screen, appeared relieved when the love scenes came. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year, fifty amateur players, or wild cards, are nominated by secret committee to be placed into the team selection process. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"But I didn't come to open up old wounds. I came to tell you some good news, actually. It seems I may have the chance to be a player after all." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Ellerly stormed the field with his team of assistants, and a swarm of players surrounded him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The players on this particular Lightning team were big, and looked on average a good two years older than the Fugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The camera pans to cheering crowds, then to the professional players waiting in a private room backstage. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Three players from the local college recognize Dad and ask him for autographs “for our parents.” The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He maintained that he could tell the strength of a player by the way he handled the pieces. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was an international grandmaster, known as a colorless player but he was almost scientifically precise, and one of the great defensive competitors of all time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Scout here has just been telling me you’re quite the baseball player. He says you’re a lot more coordinated than you look.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their best player attacks, steals the ball, passes it down court to an open man, who shoots it just left of our sub goalie, who normally plays midfielder: Buzzer. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He just listened to the music on the tape player. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

So, roughly speaking, the typical contestant will vote to eliminate the worse players in the early rounds and the better players in the later rounds. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The two greatest players to put on Yankee pinstripes since Babe Ruth. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He points to a picture of a football player. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Gates is the hockey player born on January 1. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“The balcony was originally meant for people to watch squash players,” said Woods, “but now it was filled with control equipment and read-out circuits glowing and winking.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For once, try not to make a scene. Try to take a step back and be a team player.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A good soccer player is not going to let them know what he’s going to do every time,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Before Jackie Robinson broke the color line, I wasn’t permitted even to think about being a professional baseball player. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flash of light illuminates them both for an instant, and then every player is alerted that our Artifact is now in Hammie’s hands. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Unlike football coaches, who often try to key their players up for a big game, rowing coaches sometimes take the opposite tack. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some of the White Sox players actually admitted to taking part in the fix. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

That Soviet players had for decades been talking to one another during games with no complaints didn’t help Bobby’s cause. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It meant he was focusing on simple things like the mechanics of the deal instead of watching the players. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were stacked with talent—big, tough players, like Jason Zundel and Dallas Miller, and they had in Reggie a tenacious defender and supporting player. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Right before the second half began, Gaines gathered the players around him once again, his voice rising as he spoke. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came upon a town, he would have known exactly whose door to knock on, who the local militia leader was, who the key players in town were. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This year’s opening ceremony happens tonight in Tokyo—so all the screens are Warcross-related today, showing a frenzied rotation of famous players, commercials, and footage of last year’s highlights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When we came onto the court one of their players came over and asked which of us was Slam. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had an assortment of items on a side table, including a mug of coffee, a small CD player, a few CDs, and...a brand-new roll of toilet paper? The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

At least football players wore uniforms, but boxers wore only the trunks. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d come to Moscow to play chess, to cross pawns with a serious Russian tournament player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran looked at the crimson and canary and russet cloth, at clothes which looked more like the costumes of traveling players or the contents of his cousin Joan's charades chest, and said, "My clothes?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The virtual player runs it in for the easy touchdown. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Just some basketball players. You don’t know them. In our grade.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

First, players tried to roll a six, a five, and a four in descending order. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And here was I, with no real notion of being a player until a few weeks before, having the part handed to me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone thought it was the funniest thing ever—the players, the announcers, even the other team.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She'd saved the last two batteries Park had given her so that she could listen to her tape player today when she missed him most. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As far as Kaira could tell, all bass players always wore sunglasses. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He tried to be stoic, giving the familiar speech that no team was ever built around one player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few professional black basketball players in the National Basketball League, but not that many. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After a short vacation at the end of the season, Luma had just a month to find the Fugees a new home field within walking distance of the apartment complexes where her players lived. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The torso, the soccer player’s calves and thighs, the arms of the twenty-year-old I never was, I possess now in my thirties. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a subtle thing, but he’d learned to look for it at the tables—the moment a player came awake to the fact that he might have a winning hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He glitches back in behind the other player, and before the second player can react, the first one kicks him off the building’s roof. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So you can be in the dugout with the players in the game during the game.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

After the poetry the musicians were set to perform, some players who had just joined the farm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

While we waited for the radiator to cool, some players sat in the bus and slept, some of us went out and played catch on the highway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, the older player always showed the younger one affection and respect, often sending him friendly little notes and asides. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Either you play or we only have four players and we lose for certain,” he said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was our right winger and one of the best players on the team. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did the same thing as coach to the team's best player, a kid whose parents barely spoke English. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When given a choice, people will always watch something that moves—even if it’s only the tiny wheels of a cassette player. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Appealing though this laissez-faire undoubtedly was, especially for amateur musicians, it resulted in instrumental music that did not make great demands on players, their instruments, or indeed composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

At that point, the attorney took a little cassette player out of his briefcase and played the 911 tape. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham became an avid player of bridge, though he was known widely for being utterly inept at the game. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Dad reached over past Momma to start the record player. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or a deluxe stereo like ours, with a record player,” Vonetta said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The banjo man displayed some talent, the horn player and fiddler less so. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The entire team was punished heavily, too—knocked down to the bottom of the rankings and stripped of their top two players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The players realized they were short one man. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But he was awarded a handsome trophy for achieving the best score of a player under the age of thirteen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The football player clue wasn’t ‘past,’ it was ‘nineteen.’ Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He became the boy’s teacher and invited him on Saturdays to his home, where he’d match him up with his son Tommy, just a shade younger than Bobby though a slightly better player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The players were some of my biggest heroes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Richie was fourteen he’d grown from a tittering, cackling torturer of me to a handsome, slick high school kid who was an outstanding tenor sax player. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, he was there to, once again, try to become the player the whole chess world should pay homage to. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the voice of the North Atlanta coach—still screaming at his players—drifted down the field to the Fugees’ huddle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I got pulled to my feet by a couple of football players who dragged me under the bleachers and into the coach’s office. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The players ran at full strength under the angry glaze of the lights, the first-string offense and defense going against so-called scout teams simulating the offense and defense of the coming week’s opponent. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event included all the big ideas and some of the same players as Reggie’s trial, but played out on a much bigger stage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We make out for a little while, which feels pretty nice, and then Erin lays her head on my chest and says, “Did Coach take you to meet a new player?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the players came out from the locker room, the cheerleaders told them what had happened. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The impossible had occurred: A fifteen-year-old had managed to draw against perhaps the second or third strongest player in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They call us in and start picking players. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last one girl, splayed in the lap of a football player in the big armchair, said, “I think she took off with her boyfriend. Isn’t that right, Kev?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m also aware, dear Jesus, that their players are all clean cut boys and also pleasant to your sight. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he was to play his first game, Bobby was rated at 2298, making him among the top ten active players in the country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Other contestants seem to view the Latinos as poor players, even when they are not. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

This made well temperaments particularly welcome for players of difficult-to-tune instruments like the harpsichord and piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When your boss says you should be more of a team player, that means she wants you to take on more of her work. thick as thieves. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the player who answers the most questions correctly isn’t necessarily the player who advances. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was actually Duncan, the bass player, who finally called the Berkeley Auditorium and informed them that there’d be no concert. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You know that, right? Hideo doesn’t talk like that to his players. It’s all business.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ben went to the record player he had brought down from his parents’ room, and put on the Marine Corps hymn. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For many chess players—and especially for those people who don’t know the game—witnessing two players competing without sight of a board can evoke astonishment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And he was going to be a pro football player, just like me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Dad had memorized that word ’cause right on the arm of the record player it said “V.D.L.A.I. Dampening, Patented”! “Come on, Daddy, turn it on, stop teasing!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night, when my uncle and aunt returned from prayers, all my new family gathered around a cassette player on the verandah to listen to stories. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Board of Education has created a widespread perception that civil rights lawyers are the most important players in racial justice advocacy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“How much money do piano players make, anyway?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

All details had been checked and double-checked in the playing hall to ensure maximum comfort for the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the players filed off the field, I asked her what was going on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

My dad fiddles with the TV and all the cords, and manages to get the ancient DVD player up and running. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

If she had to buy something store-bought, it might as well be beer, and at least one player was able to negotiate such an arrangement with his Pepette during the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to risk breaking my cover when one of the players ran to the dugout for some water. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see the drummer or the player, but he knew they must be boys. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a role player on my team, not a star. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not possible for one person to see how far another is on the way; the Buddha exists in the robber and dice player; the robber exists in the Brahmin. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luma’s hair rule had set off a debate among the veteran players on the Under Fifteen team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I went to my CD player first, picking it up off the floor and placing it precisely in the center of the table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped aside, and the black-and-white mass dissolved into fifteen individual players who came quickly onto the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you pay someone else to pay someone to burn your kruge for you? That’s what the big players do.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It listed the twelve players who were invited—Bobby included—and detailed who’d play whom on which dates, and what color each player would have in each round. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The players’ private lives were an intense daily struggle to stay afloat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember any stories of Courtney and any football players. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

For guitarists, pianists, and other chord players: Get some practical practice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A basketball player only has to be tall enough — and the same is true of intelligence. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It’s obvious to me that there are only a handful of real players on this team. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he wish—dream—that one day he’d be up on a similar stage playing against the world’s finest players? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He offered his pilots what everyone from hockey players to software tycoons to takeover lawyers has been offered on the way to success: an opportunity to transform their relationship to their work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

At the time, a player as good as Jim was accorded nearly the same celebrity status across Big Creek district as Johnny Unitas and Bart Starr in the outside world. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to be the author of my tale, not merely a player in Hamlet’s drama or a pawn in Claudius’s deadly game. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When I, the keyboard player, read the first note, G, I know I am meant to play the straightforward chord of G: the notes G-B-D. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Dad seemed to notice the record player for the first time. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've never wanted anything but to be a player, ever since the day I crept into the theatre at Blackfriars and watched The Lady of May through the crack of the door." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They would play phrases in succession, one after another, three players alternating with, say, twenty. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And anyway, I considered myself to be a pretty good poker player, so I wasn’t too concerned about the consequence. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was Robbie, the best basketball player at Hazelwood Middle School. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My two baseball players,” he said, and smiled. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The players were upset over the loss to Marshall. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a really good piano player, and now her teacher and my teacher, Mrs. Virgil, were going to join their recitals together. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

On the offense, the Carter line averaged six one and 243 pounds, and two players would sign scholarships, with SMU and Houston. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scanned the auditorium and found her with a group of her girlfriends huddling around a trio of senior football players. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On a run with the wheelchair, driving to school with Fiona, in the weight room with football players, on the track with Kyro...the focus definitely does not feel like it’s on Rosa. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Eight, nine, ten, I count the flute players as they return to their seats in the audience. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t nary other player better with a bat or quicker on his feet. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She was as big and beefy as a rugby player, with a permanent scowl on her face, but she spoke gently to Silena. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His data had looked perfectly normal, disguised to be indistinguishable from an average player’s—I hadn’t even seen any shields installed to protect his info. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though it seems ludicrous to suggest that the outcome of the Fischer–Spassky match was predictable after only two games had been completed, one point going to each player, the case can be made. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The girl soccer players held their homemade signs with the blank side facing out, as they awaited directions from Beatrice. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principal players, meantime, rehearsed Hamlet endlessly, employing a slightly different version each day, as Mr. Shakespeare deleted or added passages to suit the fancy of the master of revels. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I leapt off the couch as the tray launched open again, and I scrambled over to the DVD player. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I pull my CD player from the front pocket of my backpack. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His team kicks off, but Manny’s players don’t move because he’s still gaping at Justyce like he just confessed to murder. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Fischer was more of a tactical player, with flames of brilliance, while Reshevsky was a positional player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even today, fine footballers and baseball players and runners and all other great sportsmen are much admired by the general public and advertisers use them to sell breakfast cereals. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just another football team to me now. It’s got a win-ning tradition. It’s got good players. But I got other things to do besides football and getting people psyched up. . . .” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the black wave of the Permian players moved out into the middle of the held, eight thousand other souls who had filled the home side rose to give a standing ovation. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was livid after the play and threw the football at a Cooper player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here is the play-by-play for the first two goals in the Memorial Cup final, only this time I’ve substituted the players’ birthdays for their names. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“The baseball player is ready to come home.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Four days in, the picturesque mountain erupts in a volcano that wipes out another dozen players, including all but five of the Career pack. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I first started teaching I felt, My God, this must be like being a pro ball player, getting paid for something I love. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Antoine spiked the ball in the end zone, and all the Lake Windsor players, except Erik, ran over and jumped on him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As part of the tradition, each Pepette brought some type of sweet for her player every week before the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although many other tournaments in which he’d played may not have included the very top players in the country, there were enough that skirted the summit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But she was willing to wait out the hostility in the hope that her players would eventually buy in. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“First of all, I’ll look at the games that I can find of all of the players, but I’m only going to really prepare for Bronstein. Spassky and Olafsson, I’m not that worried about.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness, the players spent Saturday morning as punching bags for the coaches’ derisive comments. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the square thing from her and finally realize that it’s a battery-powered record player. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The professional hockey player starts out a little bit better than his peers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As the players left the Miramar Hotel to go home to their respective countries or states, Bobby simply refused to check out. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He believed the coaches allowed certain players to get away with murder. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basketball players wouldn’t dream of doing wind sprints in the rain. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Art Room also had a player, but that was usually just as noisy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voices and laughter of a hundred kids and various CD players echo off the linoleum walls and fill the air with a collage of colors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I have learned from dealing with those players that it is best to leave them alone when their old seasons come around. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped one of the discs from the garage into the CD player and pressed the play button. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, I sift through the stacks of Lucy’s records before placing one on the player. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even though the DVD player flashed 9:26 across the screen, I decided to go to bed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Joseph pulled out a cassette, slipped it into the player, and pressed play. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I watched her walk off to join the other clarinet players. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After their three-week hiatus, the young players borrowed an old automobile from the editor of the California Chess Reporter, Guthrie McClain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She did individual searches for Book Scavenger players named Charlie, Sally, and Lucy, but there were hundreds of results. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He’s officially dropped the Boy21 charade for good, and has gone back to being Russ Allen, superstar basketball player. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have room for a few more players?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you a tennis player?” she asked in a heavy British accent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But evidently the sound of it pleased Gatsby for Tom remained "the polo player" for the rest of the evening. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The players were told that a fuse had blown and would take a few minutes to replace. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-one players from a dozen countries had qualified to play in this march, toward an opportunity to earn a place at the next plateau. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There was one time when Marcus was a senior. He got into a fistfight with another player at a basketball game.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Their mechanics took a record player with them as they moved from base to base; one of them, Sonya Tishurova, organized a group who performed national dances from different states in the USSR. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There was a bar with photographs of boxers on the wall, and a signed poster of a broadly smiling accordion player. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a backpack full of stuff just for the train: my CD player, snacks, a book to read. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Face cards in a few categories may land a player in the upper middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was a dangerous player who was always working an angle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The plan was for Bobby to take the train to Philadelphia and meet another player, Charles Kalme, who was also going to attend the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After that, both players returned to the tournament hall to watch the conclusions of the other games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He expressed a great deal of joy in that sentence, and the other players agree with him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Some of the wild cards then rise to become the regularly chosen players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Because there were fewer black players back then?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They were not connected to any of the players in South Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Listen to Side B of my dad’s cassette of Missy Elliott’s excellent album So Addictive, which—because it would not eject from the cassette player—I’d already heard hundreds of times in my life. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The stage was dark for a moment, and silent; then suddenly, with a burst of golden light and an orchestral overture from the CD player behind the curtain, Angel stepped onto the stage. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hastened after Falconer, not wishing to be left behind, but the player took hold of the sleeve of my tunic. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kashdan responded to Bobby’s overture and later commented: “I had no real problem with him. All he wants to do is to play chess. He is a tremendous player.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She has not forgotten about the tape and the tape player and the old earbuds that Luke Messenger gave her on her birthday at Big Chuck’s, way back in Washington. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I scanned my room for inspiration and spotted my collection of sports trophies won over the years, usually for good sportsmanship, as I was never the best player, or even very athletic. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“That was the most embarrassing, shameful display I’ve ever seen from a pro player. You tried to throw that game on purpose.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The place is packed. Everybody was invited! All twelve of the original players.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Marbles were where it was at: a kid could make himself a reputation as a good marble player. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Connor expected me to be such a good player. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And so we went upstairs together, and the party had thinned out a little, but there were still some baseball players, including Jase, over by the keg. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could pass with a single movement, a sweep of his arm would send the ball through a crowd of straining bodies to just the right outstretched hands, just the right player. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There’s some shifting around, a lot of giggles, and some screams as two players bump heads. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But what if Freddie checked people off* the sidewalks with the force he used to smash the Hodges players into the boards? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Don was an excellent draughts player, but his style contrasted with mine. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the hockey players who make it to the professional level are more talented than you or me. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A baseball team or a basketball team may very well triumph even if its star player is off his game. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She just hums along with the jazz that still spills from her record player. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

We defined the issues in terms of developing legal doctrine and establishing legal precedent; our clients became important, but secondary, players in a formal arena that required lawyers to translate lay claims into technical speech. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Luma argued that it would take the boys ten days to get players and hold tryouts, by which time they would have had to forfeit two games—their season would be shot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Soviet player David Bronstein asked for a glass of lemon juice—no, not lemonade, but real lemon juice, he insisted—which he downed in what looked like one gulp. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It will be up to the other players to discover who you really are. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Thirteens’ full roster had turned out for the game, so Luma was able to substitute freely, to keep her players fresh in the heat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Several of them wore dark green visors over their helmets, a new equipment feature that served no obvious purpose other than to make football players look more menacing and killerlike than they already did. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Fred always watched the brass players with a critical eye. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The group of about fifteen black Cavalettes got together mostly to socialize, eat cookies, drink punch, talk, and dance to records we played on the portable record player. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All I could see were pink and red hearts hanging from crepe-paper chains, clusters of girls and boys and a few kids dancing in the center, and Principal Myers manning the record player. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She turned her back on her players, walked to a set of bleachers in the shade at the far end of the field, and sat down. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone—the players, the announcers, the millions in the audience—can see me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But there are always a handful of wild cards thrown into the draft, amateur players nominated because they are so good at the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now, there’s another player on each side who’s called the Keeper — I’m Keeper for Gryffindor. I have to fly around our hoops and stop the other team from scoring.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Other players were snowbound elsewhere: Denton Deere in the hospital, Sandy at home. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, out of earshot of the contestants, top players were discussing and analyzing in depth every game, move by move, as it was played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Six other players on the defense would sign scholarships, with Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Houston, Baylor, and two with North Texas State. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said Isiah Thomas was an awesome basketball player, one of the best. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In the visitor’s locker room, Gaines, his face slacked with sweat and his hair matted, closed the door to parents and fans and drew the players around him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing in the goal at soccer practice taking shots from some of the starting players, mostly eighth graders. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Qendrim had come to feel that the other players were more than just teammates. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She ordered Mandela to sit on the bench and told the rest of her players to follow her to midfield and to take a knee. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

That took too much time, especially when a player faced time pressure and every second counted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But experienced players can easily play very high notes that inexperienced players have trouble playing well. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Two of the players went to wash their mouths out. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On an early MP3 player, he listened to rap and hip-hop. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What you do think about bringing in your star player?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her players might get frustrated and lash out during a game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Alan would enjoy this, even though he would probably be the slowest player and spend half the time tripping over his own feet. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was at this point that Bobby saw himself not just as a chess player, but as a Cold War warrior in defense of his country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the best Japanese chess player I know,” he said. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t accept this; it’s too much. Besides, I don’t even have a record player.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At practice, Luma would ride her bicycle around the track for half an hour, setting the pace for her players, who ran behind her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He has middle-class ornaments, like a cellphone and a DVD player, but no driver’s license or Social Security card. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Miller used a quarter that he had gotten from a player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all stayed silent and listened to the “Ave Maria” on the cassette player. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He considers going back down to the basement to get the tape player or the television. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A single red bulb shone over the spinning record player. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hurried, the Fire player booted the shot, but the ball flew wildly off course. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Kat calls lots of things cute, including cats, football players, movie stars and skirts and babies. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I told her I was a football player, she’s still a little startled. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“This time Snow will be a player, too.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, she slid her shades up onto her avatar’s forehead—a blatant affectation, since sunglasses didn’t actually affect a player’s vision—and looked me up and down, making a show of sizing me up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As another prominent horn player says, “Sylvia can blow a house down.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I gotta learn to hit the curve if I’m going to be a baseball player when I grow up.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Several other players were also invited to audition for the proposed show, which would present questions that would focus on the history and lore of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We were like cops on a beat, the guys who knew the local players, the ones who saw it all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basketball superstar Larry Bird used to say that at critical moments in the game, the court would go quiet and the players would seem to be moving in slow motion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was more demanding than any of the girls or their parents expected—she made her players run for thirty-five minutes and do sets of sit-ups, push-ups, and leg lifts before each practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He led me to the rear of the playhouse, to the players' entrance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

This does not mean the best players consciously decide how to play each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In reality, the tables were populated by players of all ages; there just weren’t many children as young as him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not think of that. My baseball player. I will see you again tomorrow, Reuven.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Your expe-rience moved me and made this big football player cry. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Almost everywhere I look, I see official players that I recognize. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the players from Trinity were coming over to shake our hands. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had never missed a practice or one of the afternoon tutoring sessions Luma made her players attend, she explained. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Instead there was re-markable focus on which school, Permian or Odessa High, would ultimately get the greater number of black students, and thereby the greater number of black football players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pleasant feeling it gave me was unaccustomed, too, and gave me a small hint of what the players must experience when the audience applauded their efforts. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby was fast gaining a reputation as a constant complainer, the Petulant American, a role most of the players found distasteful. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead Coach asked me who my favorite basketball player was. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We sat in the tip-top seats, so the players looked more like action figures Ben plays with, but we could still see what was going on. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was also the only player in history to ever hit four triples in one game. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

To blacks, Dallas Carter was being persecuted by whites who did not want to witness a black school with black players and black fans go to State and win it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was going to be a baseball player,” says ghost boy. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

It would have many more contestants, including some of the best players in the United States and Canada. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

None of the players saw Coach Spinks standing in the doorway drinking a newly opened bottle of R.C. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Bobby had no hope of placing among the top contenders, he was eager to continue his winning streak, aware that the opportunity to compete against stronger players would sharpen his game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The thing about the song, though, is that if you are a rugby player and are present when another rugby player begins to sing it, you have to sing along...so, Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sitting in Lucy’s room with her as “Jolene” pipes out from her record player. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When he was young, he was a world-class tennis player, and over the past fifty years, he has coached and counseled and known many of the greatest tennis players in the history of the game. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When the play was finished and after all the players had taken a bow, Arnold-as-Sandy walked in front of all the actors and sat down, center stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the story with every decent football player in Clover City. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At university, he had been brilliant with electronics, he fixed CD players that were considered lost causes, and his was the first personal computer Obinze had ever seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bobby claimed that his system would actually reduce the number of draws, that it would produce games in which the players would take more chances, trying to achieve wins rather than half points. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For hockey and soccer players born in January, it’s a better shot at making the all-star team. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Big Dub saw it as a way to keep his players’ grades up and Siobhan occupied after school. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The preferential treatment Boobie received sometimes caused resentment among the other players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, it was his supreme confidence in himself that made him a great player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But my expectations were dashed as soon as I arrived to spot a group of healthy hockey players and several pallid debutantes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

At recess, I walked up to Thatcher; me—a scrawny elf girl the size of a small second-grader standing up to a future varsity football player, offensive tackle. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I felt like it was me against the other team, but in reality, I had four other players on the court with me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They dodged acrobats and a stilt walker and a harp player. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose we do another version of the calendar analysis we did in the previous chapter with hockey players, only this time looking at birth years, not birth months. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He’d passed only a couple of freshman football players who acted like they were too cool to notice him stroll by. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Booby, we feel that you are one of these few select players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me? You’re crazy. I suck at lots of things. Stargazing, for instance. And Ping-Pong. I’m the world’s worst Ping-Pong player.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Already, Luma has hired two teachers to work with her players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t leave her alone,” the flute player added. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a song I remember hearing on Lucy’s record player: “Send in the Clowns.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or is it just because he's an extraordinary basketball player? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a good day, there would be some money left over for the players too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family then moved back to Britain, where Mack grew up in Aberdeen, and became a scientist, a tinkerer, a great piano player, with a bit of a short attention span himself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We’d throw down a blanket to lie on and put the CD player between our heads, and while we stargazed Dad would play this music.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been the solemnity of the pre-game ritual, when all the players lay on the floor as if they were soldiers in the hull of a ship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few months after joining the club, Bobby, together with Lombardy and Gore, dominated the weekly speed tournaments, which limited players to ten seconds a move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Weak players were clumsy and unsure; strong players were confident and graceful. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty years had passed since the last Fischer–Spassky showdown, but each of the three main players seemed approximately the same—excepting some gray hairs, additional furrows, and extra girth around the middle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A group photograph of the players taken at the end of the tournament shows Bobby with unfocused eyes, apparently paying no attention to the photographer or the rest of the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Collins was a former New York State Champion, a veteran tournament player, and a renowned teacher of the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I did my presentation on a gay guy, Zoey. A gay baseball player!” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He used his big frame to ward off defenders the way a basketball player might block out for a rebound. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He banned for life all the players involved in the fix because of their undeniable dealings with gamblers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

If the shot is made, the second player has to try to make the exact same shot. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He said again that he thought of himself as the best Japanese chess player in the whole United States. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry happened to be a very good Quidditch player; he had been the youngest person in a century to be picked for one of the Hogwarts House teams. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“He was...he was the first major league baseball player to come out as gay.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It seemed obvious to him that the reason the top players wouldn’t meet him was because, on some level, they were frightened of him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing in a huddle of Under Fifteen players, assigning them their positions. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’ll be your coach. And you can be my player. You can play all the lovely parts of life that I’m too old for now.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will any of the players on the squad be around even after we disband?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having read the thing, in a way I can understand why no one says much about Great-Grampy JonJon beyond the fact that he was a great baseball player. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Asher already looks distracted, his attention fixated on the players of the Demon Brigade, who have stepped into the club. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s easier to do that if you eliminate the other good players. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Our team started to run back on defense, but I was so amped I stayed behind to guard the player inbounding the ball. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Every so often, they do kill a tribute just to remind the players they can. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Luma walked away from her players and the boys sat quietly for a moment, heads bowed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Nigro also had another agenda: At first, Bobby was somewhat of a slow player, and the chess players in the park were just the opposite. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

You worm your way into one account, then branch out to their friends, then their friends, and eventually, you’re able to track the location of any player in New York City. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Haw, but look me up sometimes, I'm a piano player and a rounder, a whiskey drinker and a pavement pounder. I'll teach you some good bad habits. You'll need 'em. Good luck," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Movie rental stores and DVD players,” I say. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I grab my sticky notes and write “DAD! Buy a new tape player!” and stick it on the back of my door to remember to tell him — again. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the players gathered together after the match to pose for the official photographs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t notice my cassette player sitting in the corner. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only other Granger student there will be Drew Young. The other players come from all over.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Several white South African players, among them Ray Moore, had volunteered to help him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luma gave her cell phone number to her players and their families, and soon they were calling with requests for help. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Jay is strong, kind, a good partner and team player. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Brown accepted that her players might not like her at first. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, you could play football for a college team and then be a professional player.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not every hockey player born in January ends up playing at the professional level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But this was not quite the brilliant solution it might have seemed, since F# and Q> were still - to stringed instruments, singers and some brass players - separate notes, albeit just a short distance apart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Part of her wanted to scream, so she slid a Tori Amos CD into the player, turned up the volume, and let it do the screaming for her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He also enjoyed his status as the school’s resident chess player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Stumbling across the room to my CD player, I wince as markers jab my bare feet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, even a beginning piano player can play the highest and lowest keys; and even the best player cannot play beyond these. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She was dimly aware of a protest from the players, but they were boys and mostly shorter than she, so not worthy of notice. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Teachers learned to call Luma when her players’ parents couldn’t be found or were at work. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Armstead player who was guarding me was a little shorter than I was, but a good defender. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When your favorite player got a slam dunk, he looked like he was going to cry, even when I tried to give him a high five. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jack didn’t take guff off anybody on his school bus, even big overgrown football players. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Barnsley went home that night and looked up the birth dates of as many professional hockey players as he could find. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Then we turned and cut a path through the green uniforms of the Palmetto players. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will then post a leaderboard for the top five players. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had been unconscious in the hospital wing for the final match of the previous year, meaning that Gryffindor had been a player short and had suffered their worst defeat in three hundred years. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Though it was intended merely as a time-saving tool, its use began to change the way composers and keyboard players manipulated chords, changing the sound of harmony along the way. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

For example, an experienced horn or clarinet player can play much higher and lower notes than a beginner. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He became a joker, a trick player, and joked on himself as well as others. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jackie Harris took his place on one side of the court, and a large Wallace player lined up on the opposite baseline. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two teams of thirteen players line up against each other on a grassy, rectangular field. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The roomful of players was silent, rapt; then, when Reggie was finished, they stood in applause. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Both players were required to keep a record of their moves to prove, if necessary, that they’d complied with the time limit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A line of men, comprised of players and audience alike, formed between the playhouse and the nearest drainage ditch. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Several other boys from the tournament traveled with him and he visited Los Angeles and Long Beach, where he stayed in the home of chess player/entrepreneur Lina Grumette and swam in her pool. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was a back-court player, only rushing the net when I had a clean slam. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished the organ player would play music so nobody could hear my shoes. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It would be his first real trip abroad, and his first international event, and it would be against some of the world’s finest players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Three football players push the set forward into its place. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Balls were returned to the racks, and the hopeful players sprinted to line up in front of Coach Murphy and Coach Orrick. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

At every practice, a different player leads the stretches, and today it’s Brayden’s turn. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

By the time players reach their midteens, the very best of the best have been channeled into an elite league known as Major Junior A, which is the top of the pyramid. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, he lets me play them on my cassette player when I visit, and other times, he asks me not to. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped a CD into the car player. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t uncommon for players to see him throwing up before a game because not only did he want to win, he had to win. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a kid, Charlie had disassembled everything he could get his hands on—CD players, watches, our clothes dryer—but he’d never shown much interest in putting them back together. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten into a fight with another player, apparently, and he’d have to sit out the next two games for disorderly conduct. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Papa would turn on his record player, and all the kids would have a cricket game outside until we came in exhausted and lay our heads on the floor. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t go running off with any Brazilian soccer players.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I imagine a full hand of aces in that drawer, fanned out as a player would hold them in a game. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Cliff Ackerley and a few other football player types stood at the foot of the bleachers, holding up signs for Ria Wolf, who I gathered was the starting setter. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A player could learn a lot just by watching the pitcher. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I play this game with Gus all the time, but it’s infuriating because he is a completely suicidal video-game player. He’s, like, way too aggressive about saving civilians and whatnot.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, evaluating basketball players is a very good example of what I’ve been talking about here—the necessity of understanding when to rely on our instincts and when not to. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Soviets were all not just professional players, but grandmasters, the designation given to the highest-rated chess masters who have distinguished themselves in international tournaments. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He gestured toward the man who had ran afoul of Falconer, and who had stood up for me before the other players. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We watched the Lake Windsor players break into groups for timed sprints. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he primed the players with thoughts of cooperativeness, and sure enough, they were far more cooperative, and the game went far more smoothly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

None of the other remaining girls’ basketball players are even half as good as Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was already talking trash to some of the Kinnow players, reminding them about something that had happened last year. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up on the Wonder Dome, thirty-two brightly colored names in a balloon font popped into view as the players finished tapping them into their phones. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

You know that She’s still going out with Biff, the guitar player. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they are asked to judge how good the players were. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chess player himself, Laucks liked to surround himself with other players, many of them offbeat and highly talented. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As a basketball player, Ben noticed that Philip was mostly form. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Permian was easily victorious with a 41-13 score, but if the outburst was designed to steer the players toward greater discipline, it didn’t work. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would finally be free to pursue my life’s dream: to become a professional tennis player. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

D&D players could explore the labyrinth with their characters as the dungeon master read from the module and guided them through the story it contained, describing everything they saw and encountered along the way. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Matulovic may have been a trickster, but he was also one of his country’s finest players, not easily defeated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I question whether or not he’s the best player we have,” the coach said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the players were obnoxious and egotistical, but Roqui didn’t really mind as long as it was a football player she got and not one of the student trainers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not just that he is the lead singer and the lead guitar player. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to lose a heavy player, but he readily understood why I would now want to play with a runner of my own outfit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eighty-eight players in the First Canadian Open may have composed a stronger roster than had been fielded at the United States Open a few weeks earlier. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He put a tape into her little cassette player and pushed PLAY. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the desegregation of the schools, the representation of black players on the Wall of Fame had dramatically increased. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. We’re a team. But I’m the coach and four of the starting players.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

A repeating pattern showing the famous trio of drummer boy, fife player, and lame old man. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Albums line a shelf above an old record player. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Luma expected her players to work hard and take practice seriously, and above all, to obey her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want any players getting carded or losing their cool. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The player is a boy with brown hair, who blinks at the sudden light on him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We spent one Hunger Games watching the players freeze to death at night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As I began to play against nationally ranked players at various tournaments and camps, I realized that the disparity between my potential and theirs was glaring. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, she’d whisper something to the senior piano player or Mr. Watras, but other than that, all she did was listen and listen to the music she wouldn’t be able to play. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boobie said the player had pulled his face mask and punched him in the face. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clapping sound of shoulder pads transforming a scrawny kid into a larger-than-life football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Big mistake. Look, Ashish, you may be a player, but it sounds like you really like this girl.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Since I was a good soccer player and a responsible student, in my third year the headmaster asked me to be one of the co-captains of the team. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A singer crooned in Spanish from the record player. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Having sat through scores of high school and college games, I recognized a good player when I saw one, and Barack quickly passed the test. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Under each photo were the players name, school, and position. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and her twin, Kayla, bet that it would be a rapper or a basketball player and his supermodel wife, and we'd all be famous by association just cause we live on the same block. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A great season by a baseball player in his prime will likely be followed by a less impressive season. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you that we had no control over a coin flip,” McCutchen said to his players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the players’ names are listed in the yearbook. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All the people—the Lake Windsor players, the students, the adults—were staring at us with their mouths hanging open. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick Brown, the Bronchos’ best player, went around the left end on a pitch and was hit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I was trying to drown out the sounds of the annoying player piano, which I wanted to kick to death at the moment. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The other is senior Bobby Ryan, a little shorter and more slightly built, but also an athlete, a lacrosse player. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Back around the end of the World War and in the 1920s, players would quit baseball to make more money. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speed of the players was incredible — the Chasers were throwing the Quaffle to one another so fast that Bagman only had time to say their names. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Before R.C. started giggling, I could hear the faint strains of waltz music from their record player. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward to unzip my backpack and rifled around inside until I found my CD player. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I teamed up with a white South African junior player from Cape Town in doubles; we won our first-round match and lost in three sets in the second. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since they could no longer put goodies in the lockers of the players, they just handed the stuff to them instead or dropped it off at their houses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered her players in a corner of the field and quickly ran through her observations. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I grinned at the scowling Carter Prep player. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He is a baseball player, all-county, even a possible pro prospect. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of other players wearing them as well, and together they blended into the dry heat of the practice held like lingering cattle waiting to be herded in this or that direction. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The match would continue, indefinitely, until one player achieved ten wins, draws not counting. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A gifted French-horn player, as a teen he was a member of the American University Symphony but quit, according to Walt, after objecting to rules imposed by a high school band leader. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a cassette tape, the kind you don’t even see anymore, tied with a shoelace to a small cassette player. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The player, at that moment, is effectively blind. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Only nine players had shown up, two short of a full team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One series of five paintings showed a tennis game between black and white players, where each painting displayed a different score, from 0-0 to 40-15. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the past he had had the reputation of being recalcitrant, stubborn, a player who marched to his own beat and always seemed to fight off the brainwashing aspects of the Mojo mystique. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between coaching and helping the families of players and employees, she had had little time for rest or for dealing with the details of her own life. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If the second player misses, that player gets an H. Then the first player goes again. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And Luma feared that by going ahead with the season, she might be setting her players up for failure. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he could just be traded for a reserve defensive tackle and a player to be named later. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Yunghans and Mr. Sharp, the hometown team’s two chaperones, came to join the players at the reading desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mark has a twinkle in his eye like Chicho, but he is twice as tall and used to be a football player when he was in college. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As I got off the black bus on North Street, and was making my way toward the tournament site, I wondered what my first time attending a tournament full of world-class players would be like? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just imagine. This really nice kid, this great chess player, maybe the greatest chess player who ever lived. When he plays chess he is...mean! I mean, really mean!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The other seven players eventually put together the same list of titles that Sierra had. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I guess I could have appeased them by simply staying away from white tennis players, but that I was not prepared to do. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra’s father, Ptolemy XII, was called Auletes, which means “the flute player.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Do the players pay for the trip themselves?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A twenty-six-year-old novice attorney who later became an international master, he greeted the Brooklyn pair and immediately matched Bobby with a player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the baseball diamond Bunny and the other four players on our small team were already practicing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He knew Reggie well, as a player and as a kid. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“With your current celebrity status, I thought it best if we hid you in plain sight, put you on one of the teams. It will allow you to be physically closer to the other players.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I ignored her and continued past the football players. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes this means all-night sessions, so that the player has a variety of tactics to employ when play is resumed the next day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was pounded between crushing electrical pressures; pumped between live electrodes like an accordion between a player's hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The cards the players who went home early dumped into that goldfish bowl!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Outside of the Soviet Union, where chess masters were comfortably supported by the state, no chess player could survive on his tournament winnings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If he had been a piano player instead of a guitarist, one might say bebop grew from the solos of his right hand while rock and roll grew from the accompaniment of his left. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

From his clothes, three expensive rackets, mien and well-conditioned body, I took him for a professional player. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “h” in the sign would light up when a player got a hit and an “e” would light up when an error was made. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He knew the football team was short on players. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The other players were starting to notice Fornatee and Mandela’s disrespect, and that was a bad omen heading into the team’s season opener, just a week away. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Without players from the previous season who’d moved away from Clarkston, the Under Fifteen team was suddenly very short on talent. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The players in the center of the court cheered madly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The painting depicted the god Janus with two faces, one masked like a comic player, the other wearing a tragic look. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The newspaper near his chair has a photo of a Boston baseball player who is smiling after pitching a shutout. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His whole purpose in life, she felt, was to be a football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bass player was closest, so he went trotting over and opened the door all the way. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if this was not enough to make me worship my secret formula of success, I became the number-one player at my school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the match, which he lost 6-0, 6-0, he said, “You’re a much better player than I am. Obviously you wouldn’t improve much from playing with me. Do you still want us to play together?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Try to remember that because if one of our big football players catches you, then there may be the devil to pay. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach says he only has enough uniforms to keep eighteen players, and cuts will be next week. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They liked Rick, who showed them how professional basketball players took foul shots, and how to throw curve balls. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was of a much younger and thinner Coach with a player in a Sacramento Kings uniform. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

For the first time all season, he had the players exactly where he wanted them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifth Harbor had made the old man very rich, and cemented the Dregs as real players in the Barrel in a way that not even the success of the Crow Club had. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Coach was thinking I would be an all-state player in a few years. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each player controls a knight armed with a lance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I saw football players and cheerleaders and Student Council types spread out all over the room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there were the players, gathering onstage, waiting for the signal from the referee to take their places and commence their games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Braden found the same problem with the baseball player Ted Williams. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The 1955 Washington Square tournament included sixty-six players of all different strengths and talents. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, the cool kids, the popular kids, whatever that means, are the theater kids, and the football players are the ones trying to be cool.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The light had been on a long list of personal errands Luma had put off to deal with her team and her players’ families. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The main fear of every top notch chess player, the story went on, “is the inexplicable error from which no one is immune,” the chance blunder. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That June, he appeared in front of the most elite basketball players in the world, an audience of one hundred rookies entering the National Basketball Association. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

By the time he recovered from the shock, a little kid was weaving upfield through the varsity football players. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the large piece of furniture that housed the family’s record player. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a very good player yet and they kept shouting different bits of advice at him, which was confusing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

For an hour or two each day, I worked with the other players. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Regis wasn’t that good, but the only players on our team who were doing anything was Nick and Trip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The party will start with refreshments, followed by dancing—rock and roll on the record player for Susie’s friends and merengues and cha-chas by a live Dominican combo for her parents’ guests. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Was it so insulting for Glenn to lose to a colored player that he would rather fake an injury? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And of the trumpet players, her favorite was Callum—Pet Number Three. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the same way, some chess players can be emotionally stirred by mentally replaying a brilliant game by a great master. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I solicited old rackets and tennis balls from the players and the tournament organizers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got together it was over at his grandmother’s, and that’s where his yard sign was, announcing to the world that he was a Permian football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time one of the Central players made a good play, we screamed and waved homemade tissue-paper pompoms in the air. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old things, like posters of basketball players in crazy-looking wedgie shorts. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The computer players were nearly half a lap behind. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’d almost forgotten that he’s also an official player in the game—but now I’m close enough to him to pull his data. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lenny yells, pumping his fist in the air as the refs unpack the pile of players and signal the Patriots now have possession. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Ben returned the other players grinned at his obvious discomfiture at his father’s intrusion into the forbidden realm of the pre-game locker room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he wasn’t a high school football player at all, but a high school kid with absolutely no idea of what he was going to do with his life. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they watch as the bartender puts a CD into the player mounted to the wall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I pass the gym, a volleyball game is interrupted, and the players from both teams give me a round of applause. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A good ball player always listens to his coach, especially when his coach is as smart as mine. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s another comer you can avoid backing yourself into: Jordan was one of the best, if not the best, player on the team. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a player on the Fugees who was not as good at soccer as his teammates—a tiny defender from Afghanistan named Zubaid. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Another power player who has decided to use me as a piece in her games, although things never seem to go according to plan. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Score was never kept, and the number of players might vary from one to thirty-five. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Luma took the player cards to Tracy—the referee would need them to verify the identities and ages of the players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dedicated players returned, and those who didn’t buy in to her system left. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But in Reardan, my coach and the other players wanted me to be good. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The overwhelming majority of its players were still white. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly football players and boxers, which happened to be Trinity’s two major sports. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that this was jealousy, intended to discredit and destroy me as a tennis player, and it bothered me and made me angry. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of this indoor forest, smack in the center of it all, were two rocking chairs and a small table between them with a small cassette player on it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Let the players develop on separate tracks and then pick all-star teams. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The beauty disorients many of the players, because when the gong sounds, most of them seem like they’re trying to wake from a dream. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But polyrhythm conceived from scratch by a composer, written down on the page, imposed on the Western symphony orchestra, player by player, was an utterly novel concept. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Because of this, some horn players learn to transpose at sight. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The greatest player to put on Yankee pinstripes since Babe Ruth. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed wrong, like those football players who finally retire and have to face that first Sunday at home, watching on TV, thinking, I could still do that. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the whistle blew, she allowed her players to be themselves: to screw up, to take chances. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was certain they would love to have another online player. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"No one told me a player's life would be like this." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Students who were Stoners, football players, and even girls from my cheerleading team were planning to join the march. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I see you’ve ventured on a little field trip, Miss Amin. Not hanging out with your friend on the block? What...watching the soccer players?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My brother is busy being a football player at Penn State. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of my vision hovers a transparent, circular map, showing ten dots for where each player happens to be. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Luma’s way of teaching these lessons to her players seemed harsh, she made no apologies. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Brian was just a player, a senior in high school, but that didn’t seem to matter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His respect for the Soviet players, from what he knew of their games, was immense, and at first, the reality of being in Russia was like being in chess heaven. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had known that her players’ families were poor, but she hadn’t realized that they might actually be going hungry. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Since I was very young, maybe six or seven, I have wanted to be a football player. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A cast photo, with the players dressed in their costumes from their production of Abraham Lincoln. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Additionally, Bobby regularly received unsolicited advice from fellow chess players, as well as offers from companies that wanted him to sponsor products. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, she loved it. She was a great player. Her daddy wanted her to be the next Althea Gibson. Of course, back then we didn’t have a girls’ tennis team. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He liked most to sit on the second-floor balcony of his house overlooking the camp and shoot Jews with a rifle while he listened to music on his record player. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And without that extra practice, he has no chance at hitting ten thousand hours by the time the professional hockey teams start looking for players. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A record player maintained the right, soft music. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big push was to find players who might play college ball. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Started at third base my junior and senior year. No one cared that he was gay—not the players, not the coaches, not the fans.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When it was his move, he pulled the visor way down and often rested his chin on his chest, almost as if he were a poker player secreting his cards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

With thousands of spectators appraising each player’s sartorial—as well as strategic—style, the match moved from Bled to Zagreb and ended in Belgrade. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Both players used attacking moves, but Petrosian resigned, giving Fischer his fourth victory of the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A string player who wants a different note from a string holds the string tightly in a different place. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

"Well, we don't need the yard whitewashed, Widge, nor the players." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, when they need her help, the pioneer woman player deserts them! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lake Windsor players started to get desperate, started to kick the ball away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claudius led me to the stage, the broad foyer where Hamlet often passed and the very place where I had watched him instruct the players. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Once loaded, the Penny Doubled Challenge required a player name, and then the user needed to select their rules. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sudden movement caused the headphones to pull the CD player off the bedside table, and it clattered to the wooden floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“What kind of soccer player are you going to be if you are afraid to kick an empty groundnut shell?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This means that Russ has been to summer invitation camps for the best high-school players in the nation. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he wasn’t a typical brain filled with anguish and neurosis, he wasn’t a typical Permian football player either. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, Ren is no amateur at dealing with his security, and he knows how to protect himself in ways far beyond the average player. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knows I’m only kidding, and Webb knows it, too, which is why I’m saying something to a player on the opposing team while standing next to him. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vacuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

On Mondays and Thursdays, it is an accordion player named Alexandre. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Is Battleground Mystic multiplayer or one player?” said the kid named Miles. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sunday actually began his adult life as a professional baseball player. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“I would be player two, I guess,” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The door opened and the crooked little cotton-eyed piano player stood in the entrance, waiting for a sound to tell him where she was. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny Robin slipped between the Blue Springs player and the ball, and kicked it clear. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One evening, the men, who were joined by Jan Timman from Holland, the number three-ranked chess player in the world, went off to what Broodhaers described as a “raunchy” nightclub in downtown Brussels. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the scrimmage, the older players were dismissed to write in journals, which they did sitting on cross ties that surrounded the bark floor beneath the jungle gym. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sudden Death can render a player of your choice frozen for the rest of the game, useless to his or her teammates. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were players like Joe Bob Bizzell, the Golden Boy of golden boys, the one against whom all others were measured. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The players in the well-lighted gym were considered superior. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The player is expected to respond to the sketched-out instructions ‘spontaneously’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When some of the Carter players were asked what they were saying, they just smirked contemptuously through their green death masks and walked away. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had two mismatched turntables plus a rickety old reel-to-reel tape player and shelves packed with records he’d collected over many years. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He demanded that a cassette player be brought. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I tumbled everything—cards, cassette, cassette player—back into my backpack and waved good-bye. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They believed he’d invariably blame tournament conditions or the behavior of the other players for a loss. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This was my fault, and I had no excuse for not being there,” she told her players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Argon brushed past Foaly, pressing a laser disk into the console’s player. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She did individual searches for Book Scavenger players named Charlie, Sally, and Lucy, but there were hundreds of results. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think I’ll be a very good high school player. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because no one would dare sideline the all-American star football and baseball player. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Unlike most hockey players, he somehow managed to keep his teeth, and he flashes them at us now like we’re groupies. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

According to the scoreboard on the ceiling, thirty of the thirty-two players had answered correctly, including, of course, all four players from Ohio. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t talk like that to his players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dorothy was holding hands with her latest, a senior basketball player, and I had my lip out about it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A man disentangled himself from the black-and-white mass of players and took a step forward. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But a brass player, without changing the length of the instrument, gets different notes by actually playing the harmonics of the instrument. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I clung to the story of the accordion player and visualized my drawings making their way into Papa’s hands. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Argentinean players were as enthusiastic about the game as the Russians and the Yugoslavs, and Bobby was treated with respect wherever he went. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the first several rounds, it makes sense to eliminate bad players since the jackpot grows only when correct answers are given. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And if you look even more closely at those long years of preparation, you’ll find an experience that, in the context of hockey players and Bill Joy and world-class violinists, sounds awfully familiar. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Here is the player roster of the 2007 Medicine Hat Tigers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In rugby, halftime only lasts five minutes and the players are not allowed to leave the field. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"That is Dr. Bright?" the player said incredulously, nodding after Falconer's departing figure. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Those still close to Bobby asked the obvious question: If he was one of the best players in the world, or certainly in the United States, why couldn’t he make a living practicing his profession? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s last game of the tournament was with Gligoric, one of the strongest players outside of the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was the difference between being a spectator at a ball game and one of the players. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It took me a moment to grasp the pun—if you recognized a man's coat of arms, then you knew his family name—but the player laughed appreciatively at once. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As early as 1941, Elizebeth and her team had even started to identify some of the key players in those networks, at least by their code names. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Some chess players felt that it was an insult to proclaim Fischer the greatest American player at seventeen, and thereby diminish the reputation of Reshevsky at fifty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows, of course, that the seasoned players will probably be selected again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The two are needling, making fun of inexperienced players. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A hundred yards or so from the house I became aware of another set of footsteps behind me, even swifter than my brisk pace—some fellow player late for morning rehearsal, I guessed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were other football players who had light schedules. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Kanue was dribbling downfield and had just passed the ball when one of the older players took him out with a vicious tackle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Whatever way I turned, I came up against another player or a piece of scenery. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, soccer players don’t get that excited about winning the World Cup. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

For the laws of economics to work, the “players” need to be well informed about their options. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says I would make a good bass player. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They've got a show to put on. They need some players with some heat." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In theory, if Jena or Kento get their hands on Sudden Death, I might be able to hack into their player accounts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The drama of the shy little quiet girl saying no to the big strong football player. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Though I would not call you an anointed player." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Nobody wants a trainer. You want a football player.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Vot,” he said, draining his goblet and getting to his feet again, “is the point of being an international Quidditch player if all the good-looking girls are taken?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Palmetto players all came running up and jumped on him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The courts, procedures, and players were all different, and the travel was exhausting. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I draw posters of basketball players shooting cans through a hoop. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind us as we came up the stairs was a large room in which a group of players were rehearsing some scene. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He suggested that Joe think of a well-rowed race as a symphony, and himself as just one player in the orchestra. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the basketball program, fifteen of the thirty-nine players were black. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The record player finished the “Christmas Polka” and clicked off, and for a long time there was silence. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been a poker player, but now I bluff with the best of them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Years ago, her grandfather had taken her to see a masque in Bridgetown, in which a troupe of players from England had acted out the ancient Christmas story. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The tape player rides on her hip, and the cord of the buds has a short in it, so the speaker annoyingly shuts off in one ear unless she settles it just so. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Not long after Jackie logged on that night, she got a “whisper”—a message from another player. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I was the first Black player on a state champion team. You just led the first all-Black team to a 12U softball district title. You earned this.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Despite the park’s nonconformity, during the 1950s organized tournaments and other games were played there almost every day, even in winter, with players wrapped in mufflers and hats, awkwardly moving their pieces with gloved hands. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad kept imitating the guy who sold him the record player. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They only have Mandela. Shut that down and they don’t have anything. Control the middle. These players—they’re nothing. Let’s finish it off!” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then the night grew chilly and the players put their shirts back on. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A player’s trivia- answering ability is presumably the only worthwhile factor to consider; race, gender, and age wouldn’t seem to matter. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

By the time it was over, the owner of the White Sox was fully convinced that his players had thrown the series. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Nick went up in the air and one of their players went up with him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather sit by the record player and watch everyone else dance before I danced with Ellis Carter. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And then, quietly, I said, “I didn’t know you were a basketball player.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Up in my room I played the Game of Life, but being two players at once is no fun. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I find out that he’s a great soccer player, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Each newcomer changed the balance of the team, as players connected over shared languages or cultures. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In June I met Tom, a lanky Zulu tennis player who had just come out for the tennis team. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I take it you don’t think a football player can like art?” he asked, shoving a piece of metal to the side before turning back to see if Cas needed help. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He sat downstage, center, for only a second before glancing over his shoulder, getting up, and walking a few steps upstage to line up with the other players. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s true, but there’s nothing like a little competition to rev up a player’s game.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He made me watch some basketball games with him and count all the Asian players. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Luma summoned the players in with a blast of her whistle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Other players have been known to do the same thing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His favorite was a type of poker where the players held a single card to their own foreheads so that everyone could see what you had but you. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I didn't want him, or any of the players, to be my friend, for I would only have to betray them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a situation where a youthful player like Bobby could spiral down irretrievably, playing himself into an abyss. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, clusters of other players are already making their way down the paths toward their buildings. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Prison jobs became civil service jobs; prisons within the states became more standardized and centrally controlled; and unions in a few states, particularly New York and California, became important players. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Outside of the instrument's practical range, it may be a strain for even a very good player to play long or tricky passages. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

These initial moves and “lines” follow well-charted paths that have been chronicled for centuries, and players who want to improve their game attempt to understand and memorize them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After graduating from Berkeley, Joy cofounded the Silicon Valley firm Sun Microsystems, which was one of the most critical players in the computer revolution. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He saw as many hockey games as he could, was an active tennis player, skied, swam, and belonged to a Ping-Pong club in Manhattan. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All of these players are well-known and highly ranked. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Young black tennis players from all over the southern Transvaal were invited to take part in the clinic, but I was overlooked, though I was unarguably the best junior player in Alexandra. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chewed, swallowed, then pointed her fork at Becca and asked, "But if aliens do find it, won't they need a record player to play it on?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He stood up finally and said, “It’s a solid theory, Pudge,” and reached up and patted my shoulder, like a coach complimenting a player. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They passed the weasels that became brass door handles, the carved flute player overhead, the stone lions mounted high above the landing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We lined up outside in the corridor in alphabetical order and marched in to music played on a record player. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Adam Douglas and Enoch Washington stood in the back, behind their players. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She said it was hard to tell at this point, but someday, if I didn’t go to Africa to study animals, I might be a beautiful genius tennis player. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It involved throwing the ball as hard as you could at one of the other players, hopefully leaving a lush red mark on some painful but visible part of their body. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then Coach Spinks turned his attention toward his returning players, letting them go one on one while he shouted instructions to the defensive players. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the villain pour the potion in the sleeping player king’s ear and heard the gasps around me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In 1974, Anthony Saidy wrote in The World of Chess that “perhaps half of all of the greatest players of the past hundred years have been Jews.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was paired up with a guy named Eric, a basketball player. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mtisha’s mother was strict but they had a nice pad and a dynamite play room, including a nice stereo with a CD player. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Luma spent Christmas visiting her players’ families and delivering boxes of food. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Some brother put a record on an old player and music began booming from the loudspeaker. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As the analysts fall back into arguing about this year’s newest players, I swallow a wave of jealousy. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They looked like two hockey players about to start brawling on the ice. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the television, players in blue rush along a field two thousand miles away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I go for Zelda because she teleports and deflects projectiles and shoots fireballs from great distances, which are all optimal moves for any player looking to avoid hand-to-hand combat. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

A Carter player came from behind and lunged, grabbing hold of his jersey. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game came before any of his players. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Fang had been the last kid in Michigan to get a player. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Not the football players, but everyone else is looking at me, like I really am a killer, not just dressed like one. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Lau Po, as he allowed me to call him, turned out to be a much better player than my brothers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At twenty-eight, he’s the oldest player in this year’s tournaments. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a selfless decision, because they realized that Boobie had the potential to be a franchise player for Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the full facts would never be known of just how several of the White Sox’s best players arranged with gangsters to “throw” the series, the arrangements had been made. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He watched each player, looking for the unmistakable signs of the exceptional basketball player. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Segal had been one of South Africa’s premier singles and doubles players during the fifties. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned the cassette player on, nodding to the polyphonic beat of drums. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He whips down the path, outpacing other players easily. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just inside the entrance to the Permian field house, the wall contained the framed pictures of sixty-one players, each of whom had been All-State. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then he had bought the old man a scotch and treated a foursome of pool players to a pitcher of Budweiser. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Several of the best players on that team were his grammar school classmates and fellow altar boys, and they served as his protectors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled me away from the other players. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

There are websites that mention a handful of names—usually just the “top players”—but none with year-by-year lists of who was on the team. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I met real estate developers, agents, heiresses, fund managers, lawyers, clothing designers, professional basketball players, photographers, movie producers, and television correspondents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Give it a leave of absence. team player. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plenty of players had their basketballs ricochet off their knees or sneakers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the cast sits on the dugout bench except for Tiny, who walks nervously back and forth in front of the players. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were young—Robin especially, who was four years behind most of the players on Luma’s youngest team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Let’s say this guy who bought the DVD player worked at a shoe store. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Lots were drawn to see which player each Pepette would be assigned to for the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After exercises, she laid out a line of small orange cones and ran the players through a series of drills: quick passes, headers, and chests. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She finds the cord for the cassette player, plugs it in. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Coach Warner replied slowly, “Ma’am, I can’t ask these players and their parents to give up their sleep, to disrupt their lives, to come out to practice football at six-thirty.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognized now that I was being offered something more than just a career as a player, acting out a variety of roles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The five minutes were apparently over, but the players were making no move to abandon the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She watched Big Jerome pick up Little Jerome by the scruff of the neck like he was a puppy and toss him into the pool, upsetting the Marco Polo players. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Placing the CD player on his communication book, I push PLAY. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, now, Mrs. Watson, be patient, and tell that little-delinquent-that-follows-you-around that if he touches one more knob on that record player I am going to pull his fingers off.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its agenda was more basic—that is, to determine who was the best American player period. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She went to every practice, and on Thursday nights she always invited a bunch of the players over for lasagna. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother was livid at what had happened, but the player pleaded with her not to push it because he feared it might interfere with his career at Permian and be held against him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lombardy had captured the World Junior Championship by winning every game, and he was a formidable player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Fine’s monograph gave impetus to the press; whenever they did chess stories, reporters would look for a certain amount of aberration among the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The players had begun to peel the sweaty uniforms from their bodies. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He popped his new CD into his hand-me-down CD player from Lydia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

If you can, listen to a percussion player or section that is using snare drums, cymbals, or other percussion of the same type but different sizes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Enjoy the record. And—hey, they have a record player in here?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A stinging editorial in the school newspaper, the Permian Press, applauded a new rule prohibiting Pepettes from placing candy in players’ lockers every Friday. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we had a pretty good record player in the house, it couldn’t compare with the sounds that came from the scientifically and mathematically put-in speakers that the Brown Bomber had. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refused to put her players at risk. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The position of gatherer paid well, and carried a certain amount of responsibility, but it was not the same as being a player. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She believed in running—lots of running—and drilling until the players were exhausted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Open Championship in Oklahoma City, the youngest player, at thirteen, ever to compete in the event. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t even have enough players for two scrimmage teams. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bobby really didn’t need Lombardy since their styles were so dissimilar. Lombardy was an enormously gifted, intuitive positional player but not a well-prepared player like Bobby. Bobby’s strength was the inexorability of his tactics.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And yet Harry Gold was about to become a major player in what FBI director J. Edgar Hoover would call “the crime of the century.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is Raven. My virtual assistant. She’s a computer program designed to assist players in the scavenger hunt.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But she remained where she was in the middle of several football players. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They can’t see through our tinted windows, but they know that this is the only route taken to escort the players to the dome. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hackers and bounty hunters aren’t exactly known for being great team players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Several players from each team dived for it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And what about the image of the football player? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Bobby gave Michael lessons, and the young man went on to become an international grandmaster some eight years later, perhaps inspired by his meeting with the world’s greatest player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Terrell yells to Erin, which makes all the football players laugh. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made a list of all the famous players from each of the teams, then added pi to each famous player’s jersey number, but didn’t know what to look for after that. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

An exceptional trumpet player may be able to play — with good sound and technique — high notes that the average high school trumpet player cannot play at all. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Several players in the tournament had come down with the flu—including Bobby’s teacher, Jack Collins—and had to forfeit games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was nice to discover I was actually one of the better players in our class. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He seemed fascinated by the stereo player and, as the song played, stood watching it as if he would learn the secrets of its chrome entrails by staring hard at it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even the Brown Bomber seemed to get quieter as the V.D.L.A.I. arm from the record player lifted itself and moved toward the 45 that was on the turntable. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear cheerleaders are easy for football players.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He had run the forty in 4.7 and he was All-State, but because of his size he knew there wasn’t a college in the world that had use for him as a football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that can't compare to what happens as the field shrinks to a handful of players. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The ball stopped, and the North Atlanta player fell forward onto the turf: a perfect tackle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Because we need a whole team of players, not just one guy,” the coach said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bronstein looked like what one might picture a chess player to look like. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And, even more to the point: The players never know when they will get a payoff, a feeling of satisfaction, a fulfilled desire. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What do the players call a hockey puck again?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only one of the players thought the clues told how the ten- thousand-dollar check was to be spent. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, said in all seriousness, earned me a laugh from the players. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the stupid thing I see over and over in my head: the scenes from my brother Muhammad’s extreme hockey moments video when the players slam into each other and lie tangled on the ice. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Luma held up a stack of papers—contracts she expected her players to sign—and passed a sheet to each boy. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In two minutes her laptop and tape player are packed away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were Sudanese players on the team whose villages had been bombed, and Liberians who’d lived through mortar fire that pierced the roofs of their neighbors’ homes, taking out whole families. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The players were aware of nothing, the frantic yells of the crowd, the clock, the dwindling light, the gray sadness of it all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the player’s parents away and unaware of what was going on, there was no problem of parental interference. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Sorry. So . . . where is the cassette player?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

That was like a basketball player giving up his basketball. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

While the rest of the players scrambled around like puppies, this kid was a statue, hands poised waist high, eyes glued to the coach’s bat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Different pockets of players were doing different drills. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To put the game into perspective and draw the proper parallels, Gaines told the players the story of Sam Davis. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Walski, bald as ever, was out with his players on the field, leading them in calisthenics. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first he thought it was a radio or cassette player and he had a surge of hope because he missed music, missed sounds, missed hearing another voice. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sense of trust and friendship between the players and their coach, but there was also tension and long silences. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Hesitantly, I said, "I want...I want to be a player." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It showed a football player wearing a number nineteen jersey dropping back to hurl a pass. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Top players in the United States predicted that Bobby wouldn’t qualify for a place in the Candidates this time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t take my eyes off the hands of the bass players. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The coach was right, the new Regis player could handle the ball and they were slowing things down, working the ball in and out, looking for the easy deuce. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was the best basketball player in the third grade, and probably even fourth grade too. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The taunts felt like daggers, and several players went toward the fan to lash back. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s just what the card players did, hoping to get out the double doors, jump on their fireboat, and steam off to safety. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He flipped open a compartment under his car’s CD player, pulled out one of thirty or so CDs that were jammed into the small space, and handed it to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the final round, the applause from the American audience appeared to be sincere and respectful, but privately, a plaintive cry went up among many of the chess players: “What’s wrong with American chess?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I could copy out the players' individual parts from their "sides." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

So his mom drove him thirty miles to try out for another club, and now the most dangerous player on the rival soccer club also happens to be your best friend. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had learned from experience that she needed about a third of her players to be well-adjusted kids from stable families. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Dodgers couldn’t have a gay player on their team. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But despite his mien of seriousness and inapproachability, Bronstein was friendly, animated, and liked by virtually all the other players, owing to his cordiality, immense knowledge of the game, and a certain intellectual eccentricity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

People were starting to compare some of our players to great players of the past. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Turner, who exhibited an opéra bouffe appearance but was a slashing and dangerous player, had beaten Bobby in the previous year’s Rosenwald. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But we don’t have the budget for it this year. That means I’m going to have to cut sixteen players today.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

"That crafts closet is big enough to hold two football players. Just saying," she mutters, and turns back to the video screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Better to put the second half of the comparison at the end of the sentence: Jordan was one of the best players on the team, if not the best. only. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always had a boyfriend—usually a soccer player with really defined abs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

That is not to say that some classical musicians did not attain fame and success, but these were mostly singers, conductors and virtuoso players, making their names with Verdi, Mahler, Mozart or Wagner. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The cerebral melee ended in a draw, and later both players would include the game in their respective books, citing it as one of the most important in their careers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ask yourself this question: Am I thinking of the baseball team, or the players? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book about Johnny Unitas, with its cartoony cover depicting a football player wearing a number nineteen jersey and dropping back to launch a pass, was most likely a children’s book. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, the bus would go from complex to complex to pick the players up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Not a kid, not a student, but a professional piano player, ready for a concert performance. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A certain amount of skepticism and even resentment was felt by many of the chess players who took the time to read it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The fracas escalated, and Bobby was told that a replacement player would take his place if he refused to play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s the only player who uses those nasty showers, which haven’t been cleaned for decades. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

More and more players begin to arrive, but no Coach. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easier to accept that version of events, however, if we hadn’t just looked at hockey and soccer players. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I worked my way back toward the bus, shaking hands with a couple more Lake Windsor players. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If each player acquired nine wins, the match would be considered a draw, and the prize money would be shared equally, but Fischer would retain his title as undisputed Chess Champion of the World. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed to my tape player on his desk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the bus was smoking pot and listening to the same Crosby, Stills, and Nash album continuously, on a tape player running on batteries. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When you step on the court with players like Kobe Bryant or six foot eight point guards who can dunk from the free throw line, your mind begins to concentrate on your other options. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We’re barred from altering it in any way or interfering with the players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soccer player, but not a star soccer player. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Levant was tall enough to be a basketball player, six five or six six, with a large Adam’s apple and tightly curled black hair, and he carried a lantern and a flashlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Silas just did a big report on the baseball player who invented the high five. What was his name again?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

At first he used electronic techniques to make incremental transformations to a pattern, later having live players and acoustic instruments imitate this effect under his very specific and detailed configuration. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t know he used to be a ball player and a husband, and lost both his wife and career for absolutely no reason. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Barnsley, his wife, and a colleague, A. H. Thompson, then gathered statistics on every player in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The players threw the ball around for another minute or two, and then slowly came off the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At that moment Kovac was running past, trying to avoid the divers, and his right foot came down on a prone player’s sneaker—so it was told in the news- papers the next day. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He had enough players to field a team—though barely, with just sixteen at one practice—but apparently not the right kind of players. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a picture of a tennis player on his back, who I guess was the winner, but I couldn’t really tell if he was happy or sad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And yet no one mentioned this quiet scourge—not Luma and not her players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard Coach Warner talk to Dad enough to know he’s counting on Erik to be an impact player, a star. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Pepettes still spent time baking players cookies and making them signs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where possible, the tournament director alternates the colors, so that a player will play with the white pieces in one game and with the black in the next. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he was used to football injuries, he was also used to lavish attention, as was every former Permian player who had once been ordained a star. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a card featuring a drawing of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway that resulted in the player losing two turns as you read the book and are bored to death. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Webb’s in the dugout instead of coaching third because he still wants to be around the players in the game during the game like he was when he was an assistant. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He also read when his friends were late for lunch, to avoid drawing the attention of some of the football players, who liked to harass him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was the lord of the crossing, and when one of the other players came up, he had to say, "I am the lord of the crossing, who goes there?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After that, a local Bled newspaper published a group of caricatures of all eight players, and a souvenir postcard was made of the drawings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Photos of ball players, newspaper stories, old and dry, some even framed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was just like “Trap the Birdie,” except instead of throwing up feathers stuck inside the hole of a coin, the player bounced a ball against the step and called out a mystery number. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I am in the body of a football player named James. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He's pretty steamed, but I think he'll get over it when he sees the CD players I got him for his birthday. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Part of that wisdom is understanding what you were given—a city where gay bars are unremarkable, a soccer team on which half the players speak some other language. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Both Smith and Lutz were excellent singles players in their own right; Smith was in the quarterfinals of the tournament, and had once been the top player in the world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, some of the Icelandic officials were convinced that Spassky was the better player and that he was going to defeat Fischer rather easily anyway. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whistles blew, but an all-out brawl started as all the players on the ice went after each other. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the tape lies flat and tight, I slide Frog and Toad Together into my cassette player and push PLAY. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a bulletin board outside his office, Coach Spinks posted the names of the players who had made the team. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course you don’t. But he’s the best trumpet player in the world. I’d give anything to play like him.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was sixteen, Kitty Hammer was the number-one- ranked junior tennis player in the country. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately, he is a far better pool player than myself. Would you two care to join us for a round?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

To the north, more bridges are superimposed like a poker player’s cards. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care: He’d just accomplished what the finest players in the world had been unable to do on twenty occasions during the previous nine months. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was a place for pool players, but more than that, Bit knew it was a place for hustlers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It had meant playing with a broken ankle that wasn’t x-rayed because, if it had been known that it was broken, the player would have had to sit out the next game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, there are 400 different possible positions after two players make one move each, and there are 72,084 positions after two moves each—not all good, it must be added. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, skinny blond boy with an upturned nose was standing there, talking into the magical megaphone that had once been Lee Jordan’s; Harry recognized Zacharias Smith, a Hufflepuff player whom he heartily disliked. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When the master reaches each of the boards, the player makes his move and the master responds before quickly moving to the next board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are no players born in July, October, November, or December, and only one each in August and September. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Bobby, in contrast, was nervous and volatile, the chess arriviste of Brooklyn, a colt of a player, and as it was beginning to develop, the spearhead of the coming generation of American players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Any time you miss a shot after the other player made it, you get a letter. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I drop the tape back into the Walkman and, holding the player in both hands, close it like a book. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Every day, I pore through a bunch of data on the other players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Benji wasn’t the best player, but he was big, and that had to count for something. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because there are a myriad of such variations, it’s difficult for most players to internalize even a small portion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Glenn wasn’t married, and most of the other players on the team were. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere a pair of cyvasse players waged war outside a tavern. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Luma’s habits wore off on her young players in turn, in unexpected ways. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was tradition at Trinity to toss star players against the freshmen and to build plays designed to stop the stars. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The players scrambled for their instruments and struck up a wavering tune while Hamlet dashed among the crowd, trying in his manic way to restore their festive spirits. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He’d set his sights on trying out for the Cleveland Browns—not as a player, but rather as a contender for the role of a wide-eyed, gape-mouthed faux animal named Chomps. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I think she was married to a baseball player.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He shot Mrs. Chiltington a toothy smile, then pivoted back to the players. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

As I sat opposite Falconer, gobbling my bread and herring, a quarrel kindled among the dice players. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back at Dad and told him calmly, “I’m not a water boy, Dad. I’m not a team manager. I’m a player.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bulls had won the Piedmont League pennant a few years back, and while they hadn’t yet repeated that feat, several promising new players had been recruited that year. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each player put a hand on top of hers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put it on Margo’s record player and eventually figured out how to turn it on and put down the needle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The laughing banjo player, the superb leader of cavalry who has ridden rings around the Union Army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the picture of a player dribbling a ball. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Usually center field because we don’t have enough players to cover all the positions.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The pickup games in the parking lots around town began to attract more players and to get more intense. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She looked out for cliques, especially among players who wanted to stick with their own kind. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Carter Cowboys had the best high school linebacker in the country and maybe the best defensive back, along with ten other players who were sure to be recruited by major colleges. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do hope you are not doing this because my player won the last challenge.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And in the space in between, at floor level, were the other honored guests of the evening—the senior football players. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as bad was the chance another player could cop a whack from one of my artificial legs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The only people allowed inside the club tonight are the official Warcross players, the employees of Henka Games, and a smattering of Warcross fans who were picked by a lottery system to attend. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Consequently, from the very advent of agriculture, worries about the future became major players in the theatre of the human mind. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would put an end to the continual allegations that Permian recruited players who lived in the Odessa High district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said she felt sorry for the Red Rock players. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When Julia gave up the role of Ophelia, she seemed to give up as well all hope of being a player. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zinchenko paced in front of the players, her hands clasped firmly behind her back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He thought it was overused, a tool for players who couldn’t draw properly. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Mental,” Ron sighed, shaking his head at the completely stationary soccer players. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. News flash. Macho football players can be gay.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the room stood a big square table littered with playing cards, and around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when one of their players got fouled, the coach took out both Glen and Frank, moved Jimmy over to forward, put Jose at center and put Trip at the other forward. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Barnsley found that there were nearly five and a half times as many Ontario Junior Hockey League players born in January as were born in November. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It looked like two alarm clocks side by side and had a plunger on its flanks for each player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The headphones’ cord is wrapped tightly around the player. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The Permian players head into the locker room, which has the feel of a refugee camp, or of a makeshift hospital ward after a catastrophe. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pass food stalls and dance stages, jugglers and fire-eaters, acrobats, Kehannis, singers, and players. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Dodgers had more black players than anyone, and the Yankees had very few. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The ideal way to break a tie is to have a play-off between the two players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In regular games, unused power-ups that you collect can be stored in your player inventory. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lance and the anchorman got all revved up speculating how the sting must have netted a couple big local players—guys with enough power to keep the names locked down tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A doctor was summoned to the Hotel Toplice, and one of the Yugoslavian players served as translator. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What about the book used to prompt the players, then? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I'm just a passable player—but I'm going to sing every moment I can. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the day, she had gotten into a screaming argument in the school corridor with her boyfriend of two years, a varsity basketball player. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Infosys, he said, can hold a virtual meeting of the key players from its entire global supply chain for any project at any time on that supersize screen. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

By vibrating the lips at different speeds, the player can cause a harmonic of the air column to sound instead of the fundamental. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Luma floated the idea of starting a small soccer program for the refugees to the mother of one of her players, who was on the board at the YMCA. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Twelve years ago, he was a professional hockey player better known as the Slammer, until he shattered his femur against another player’s head. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A moment later, she climbed onto the bus to address her players and to give them the news. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was a star player on the team. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not a firefighter who could help Kaitlin, but a football player with no way out—just like them. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s true that he works alone, but he is learning from the games of other players all the time,” he said. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If one of them was a horse and the other a baseball player, we’d be better off, believe me. They could turn in a profit.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the hospital Esther put the Bob Marley cassette on the tape player, and we all began to mime “Three Little Birds” together. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Enoch shared his last name with another boy on the team, so the baseball players called him “Big” Washington to differentiate the two. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The player collapsed on the ground in pain and had to come out of the game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Still others look nervous and out of place, lower-ranking players or players that will probably be drafted last. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A player even crashed into the seats, and Felix got elbowed in the head. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, strain as they might, not one card player heard a door open or close upstairs, nothing, no sounds at all. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody used to listen to CDs when I was growing up, but my dad—your grandpa—kept a record player in the corner of the living room. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The streetcars that followed brought back the players, whom I recognized by their little athletic bags. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

And once I’m in as an actual player, I’ll have to move fast. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Actually, he seems a pretty decent guy, for a football player. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He evaluated my game this way: I had potential to become a decent player provided I was prepared to work hard to unlearn the numerous bad habits I had taught myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some players rushed onto the stage and tried to lift the joyful Petrosian to their shoulders, but they were stopped by officials. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All the players on the hometown team tapped the oval icon for Flint. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had her own pink record player and a collection of albums. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the end of the season, The Milwaukee Journal published the averages of all Major League players, and since this pitcher hadn’t played again, his ERA was 135, as I had calculated. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for the euphonium player and saw a slender black man with his face turned toward the sun, singing through the upturned bells of the horn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cut electricity to specific apartment blocks and then raided every apartment to see what tapes and disks were stuck inside the players. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A large number of sports fans, it turned out, refused to believe that a set of statistical tools could help them understand how good a basketball player someone was. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was holding a small radio, one of the old ones with a CD player and a handle. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You and Nick are the best players on the team,” Ducky said, outside the school. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They played war, that simple game where each player puts down a card, and the higher card takes both. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jason and Carter go, and then the others, and then suddenly, because we have an odd number of players now, I’m the only one who hasn’t double-high-fived my teammates. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Like as if he was a helluva humble guy, besides being a terrific piano player. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But what Bobby liked most was that nobody at the inn, other than Bezold and his son Michael, an up-and-coming chess player, knew who he was. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some were fencing terms, some were peculiar to London, some were the jargon of the players' trade. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’d got a video player in the billiards room a couple of years earlier, and by that spring had built up quite a good collection of movies. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Soviet tournament registered more than seven hundred thousand players, in cities throughout the country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She later became a dentist, pilot, and basketball player, among many other vocations. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t one of the main players by any stretch, but he was not doing badly in relation to others in the neighborhood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Boy21 pulls the blinds and turns off the lights so that his stars glow a weird green, and then he presses Play on his CD player and lies down between us. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And up the stairs into the box came the seven defeated Bulgarian players. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Several players were sitting on the long wooden bench beside the varsity lockers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we put the stories of hockey players and the Beatles and Bill Joy and Bill Gates together, I think we get a more complete picture of the path to success. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I will require some time to prepare a player of my own,” the man in the grey suit says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This,” she said, reaching into her shoulder bag and bringing forth a tape player. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the white players on the squad started inviting me to their homes during the week, where they had floodlit courts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Likewise, neither coach made any attempt to tell his player to shake hands. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There should have been other musicians—a flautist, a harmonium player, but we could not afford these. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt was an excellent piano player and thought it wouldn’t have hurt the man to say “Good!” now and then. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, the Dodgers wanted their players to be married. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Slow, faraway notes from a clarinet player Emily couldn’t see made her think the station must stretch pretty far back from where they stood. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the movie, Kimberly Lou played a pretty college cheerleader who got hexed into a witch and started boiling the star football players in a basement cauldron. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The central players in the drama were not the marginal or peripheral figures, whose lives are more typical, but rather the political leaders at the center of the national story who wielded power. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Palmetto players got down and dirty right away, and their fans cheered them on. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put Miles on the CD player and stretched out on the bed. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the TV, the DVD player, the stereo, all the electronics upstairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In this variation, players had to move immediately as soon as an opponent made his move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, Coaching Principles was a favorite course among players on the Harricks’ team. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She slipped the record out of its cardboard sleeve and placed it on the record player, then carefully lowered the needle onto the vinyl. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

An older man dropped a coin into the player piano, which pushed out a quick song like the kind from a carousel. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He barricaded himself behind a bookcase while the players he was trying to kill hid under the poker table. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overwhelming majority of those, he realizes in an instant, aren’t going to work: in five to ten seconds, he’ll have popped them out of his CD player. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mom is determined to call the parents of each and every football player, get them together, and have them refuse to send their sons to any more afternoon practices. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how numbers work in rugby: a player doesn’t pick his number,his position on the team determines that, and it’s something that never gets messed with. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A soccer player pulls out her phone to read a text. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Get me some water,” she called, and threw the ball to another player. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They even had to send a special van to the middle school just to get me and this girl named Annette Watson, who’s the backup piano player. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are Olympic-style documentaries showing photos and videos of each of tonight’s players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The player sitting next to me took the bait. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now The Corporation would have to see that he was a player. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But I know it happened because one day I was the best lacrosse player at All Saints, and the next day I woke up in the hospital with fifty stitches in my foot and leg. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Tired players searching through the rough, sweeping back and forth in long systematic patterns. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put out his leg, and the ball locked between the tops of the two players’ feet with a loud thwump. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It turns out that Joeys a pretty terrible soccer player. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The army of assembled reporters and photographers flocked around both players as they left the stage, but both hurried out of the theater, declining to give any statements. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Less than a week shy of his nineteenth birthday, Bobby Fischer had just established himself as one of the most extraordinary chess players in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even before the players took the field, Red Barber’s voice was hoarse with excitement. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He squared his shoulders and leaned his body into the shot, which arced beautifully over the players’ heads. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One of them, a tall boy with sand-colored hair and long arms and legs that seemed all bones and angles, stood at home plate and commenced hitting balls out to the players. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He can’t hide now, he’s not a victim of some bombing anymore; he’s a player, a principal. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is a very good football player and likes his car. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She would have made a great football player. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She resolved to get help from volunteers and educators for tutoring before practices, and to require her players to attend or lose their spots on her team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They detracted not only from who he incontestably was—a grandmaster and the United States Champion—but who he believed he was—the strongest player in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton walked past the dog run, the chess players, and the skateboarders along the walkway. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“This kid is grabbing all over my player!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There are no tents selling eight- track tape players, imported vinyl pants, or hair-coloring cream, nor are there elaborate stalls glistening with dangling gold or silver necklaces and bracelets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each player will then convince himself, with difficulty, to go back on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Why would you hide a book for Book Scavenger if you’re not a registered player?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Please send your designated player to the circle of desks closest to mine.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

In that way players can budget their time in whatever way they wish. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every month or so, Frank would find another player from Wynnum to compete against me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I took Biddy’s new tape and put it in the player. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With the knights circling it, the dais is like a terrible stage, where all the players are doomed to run through their roles to the same bloody end. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Emma is buckled in the back seat watching a movie on the DVD player in her lap, eating crisps and pounding a Mountain Dew slushie. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Luma herself had a better feel for the roster and how to rotate players through positions to create opportunities. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Because players of master strength weren’t eligible to enter, the tournament encouraged the participation of weaker and less experienced players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So I pointed to the words again, then pointed to Mrs. Lovelace, who was playing some kind of jazz music on the CD player. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But he had been allowed to rejoin after the coaches concluded that the same demands made of other players could not be made of him if he was to stay on the team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull walked past several players to get to his son. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Begin again,” he ordered, and this time, the player’s sinister tone made my very skin prickle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Colder. I can read your mind. If it’s not one of our hockey players, then maybe...” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the weekends, it was filled with roller skaters and Frisbee players and jugglers and mimes with their faces painted white. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were easily frustrated, and aside from Kanue—playing all out as usual—the players were walking and showing little intensity. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was founded in 1877, three years after the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club of San Francisco, and for many years it included almost every great player that the United States produced. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the fire billows out of control, pouring black smoke into the air, nearby dorms’ lights turn on and the players from the other teams come running over. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Football players more or less had their pick of the girls at Big Creek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Short on players, Coach Stork put me in goal and hoped for the best. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

An American tourist—a chess player—approached Bobby one day and invited him to dinner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even before the war, a third of all homes in Great Britain alone had a record player. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was in awe of the acuity and the rapid, intuitive understanding of the Soviet players, inarguably the best in the world at that time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He says I have bionic hands, that this is why I’m such a good cello player. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The latter could be forgiven their ignorance, but a weak player—which, by definition, included almost anyone he could beat—had no excuse. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He got up, found a plug for the record player, and turned it on. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In his next five games, Bobby won three and drew two; one of the draws was with twentyseven-year-old Arthur Bisguier, the defending United States Open Champion and one of the strongest players in the nation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We rented a tape player and some Congolese dance music tapes, and we had a party. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally a string player holds a string down very tightly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

At least, I figured, with five players instead of four, my odds were 5 percent better of not receiving the consequence. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Gat is putting music on the ancient CD player. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

So this was what I was up against as a black tennis player. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late July, Luma called a few of her established players to let them know about tryouts. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He claimed that the player had told him, “Use this and we win.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could comment, she asked, “What about you? Why are you here instead of off doing whatever it is football players do?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As the boys became more comfortable with one another, Luma was getting a better feel for her roster and for the ways she could move players around for different effects. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

"Way to go, Sweet Feet!" said another baseball player, slap-ping his hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Though some of the players had seen him up and about and looking well enough, save for a bandage on his throat, he did not return to the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A guitar44 player, given a piece written in A flat for keyboard, will often prefer to play it in A or G, since the fingerings for chords in those keys are easier. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And all the men and women merely players. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

“John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme is in the record player,” Ben said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The angriest I think I ever saw Luma was when one of her young players proudly showed her his report card, which revealed an A in English. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t the tallest or the biggest basketball player, nor the best jumper. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Recordings have made music accessible everywhere: TV, radio, CDs, Internet, video games, personal music players, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Hamlet said with an intensity that made the veins in his temples stand out In a strange passion himself, he seemed desperate to control the players, their every movement and word. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Arthur Bisguier, the highest rated player in the tournament, also finished with a score of 10–2. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell you that I think you are a very good singer and guitar player.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"What a dunce I've been! I truly believed you wanted to be a player!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a rumor that Larry Bird, the basketball player, left a pair up there somewhere. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ren is a wild card, but also a seasoned player who has unlocked and played all of these high-level worlds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The letter was unsigned, but most of the players suspected it had been written by one of the coaches. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what Dimple had heard in the bathroom and elevators from other girls, Evan was developing a reputation as a player. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But they also were given an extraordinary opportunity, in the same way that hockey and soccer players born in January, February, and March are given an extraordinary opportunity. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

If you ask me, it’s just a mall but with shinier doorknobs, marblier floors, fancier stores, and a real piano player instead of prerecorded Muzak. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Since 1980, the Dallas Cup has given talented and up-and-coming players the opportunity to compete against marquee teams from across the globe. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But he was done letting the idiotic football player kick him over and over as if he were a dog. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Don, of course, was a football player, which gave him special status among his peers regardless of how he performed in class. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like one of those consumptive snooker players on cable. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who do you play with? Are there black players and black courts at this ranch?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A British player, Robert Wade, supplied Bobby with a detailed analysis of Spassky’s openings in two loose-leaf books, one marked “Spassky; White” and the other “Spassky: Black.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Luma stayed where she was, head down, in the shade, refusing to even make eye contact with her players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Other artwork showcased additional sports—a football player scoring a touchdown, a baseball player swinging a bat, and a sprinter handing off a baton to a teammate. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both teams were playing hard, and the close game had drawn the attention of parents and players on other local teams scheduled for games later in the morning. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps more important, he’d beaten Fischer in their last three meetings and had more wins against Fischer than any living player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the chatter at last abated, the two men's words became audible, and I realized they were the players. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Either your player forfeits the set, or he gets back out there and finishes the game,” Reverend Hollister continued. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sitar player was supporting me, and passersby were giving us curious looks. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boys, their mouths gaping, watched her turn the corner faster than any Fry Flamingos basketball player. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was a terrible card player, but she had loads of money to lose, so her companions would keep her at the faro table as long as possible. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is where the official Warcross teams select the players who will be on their teams for this year’s games. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Angry now, they made another run, and set up the overlap and cross on the right side—the very sequence Luma had warned her players to shut down. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Both boys thumped their fists on their chests like baseball players do. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The piano player didn’t know this part as well as Annette did — even though he usually played more than half of the show, this one was rightfully hers — but he rose to the occasion, too. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is a string player doing when she plays "harmonics"? Why do some notes sound good together while other notes seem to clash with each other? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And sometimes his father would be player two in his video games. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Jase and some baseball players flipped him right-side-up and carried him around on their shoulders. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pernell is the only player from our team left between him and our goalie. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly behind the plate, with her hands in the pockets of her beaver coat, and finally sat down on a misplaced players’ bench just beyond third base. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He always says that music sounds better coming from a record player. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Because he was a very, very bad poker player, and I am a very good one.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ren is risking his reputation as a professional player just to gamble a handful of notes here in an illegal game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They saw someone who was selfish, who openly moped during the game and didn’t show the slightest concern for his fellow players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the Lake Windsor players on the sideline, except Arthur, started jumping up and down, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the history of the program, only two players had gone on to extended careers in the pros. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time the Electrons faced not one but five players better than themselves. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Ben jumped off the baseball players’ shoulders, landing in an awkward crouch, and then swayed a bit on his way to standing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ben shook hands with a huge bearlike forward, another linebacker masquerading as a basketball player. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Luma spoke in Arabic to an Iraqi or a Sudanese player, boys who didn’t understand felt left out. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The first player takes a shot from anywhere on the court. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One was wearing a soccer uniform, shirt neatly tucked in, socks pulled up to her knees, like a peewee soccer player who had been carefully dressed by her mother. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The psychoanalyst was then one of the fastest players in the country, perhaps even stronger than Bobby had anticipated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You said your parents have a cassette player.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The players on the home team—a group of thirteen- and fourteen-year-old boys from the nearby Atlanta suburbs playing with the North Atlanta Soccer Association—gestured toward the sky with awe. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He’d now won an unprecedented nineteen straight games against the strongest players in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had an incredibly talented pool of players—if they decided to show up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the aftermath of the game, the players and their families and sports reporters from across the country crammed into the winning team’s locker room. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Comer refused to go down, dragging- the player along for several yards to the 15. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He envisioned French horn players on the Wooded Island, their music drifting across the waters. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They were interested in Ivory Christian, and they were particularly interested in two other black players who were only juniors, Hill and Comer, because it was never too early to start laying the foundations. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The same play might be called twice in a row, but a player’s movements have to vary in response to actions on the rest of the field.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The diamonds of the backgammon board undulated like player piano keys. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The first pupil with his hand in the air, the fastest player on the soccer field, but for all that, just another kid in Conor’s class. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“All the players will be out in force. If you’ve never seen an opening party before, brace yourself. It’s a wild one.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was just going to ask to use Granny’s record player when Daddy cleared his throat and said, “I believe there’s one more present no one has opened yet.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boobie was placed on the red players’ bench behind the sideline and his black high tops were slowly untied. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly we found up for sale in Phoenix the home of the saxophone player, Louis Jordan. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guitar player would prefer a key with no flats and not too many sharps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The record player on the first floor volumed up Lonnie Johnson singing, “Tomorrow night, will you remember what you said tonight?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kok had a noble agenda: He wanted Bobby to continue his career, and he wanted to be a privileged witness to his games, as did almost all chess players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A few people applauded, much to the annoyance of the players whose games were still in progress and cared not that history had been made just a few feet away. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Other players pressed the lawyer for more information. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby won his first two games but as the tournament wore on he lost to some players and drew with several others well below his caliber. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I started triumphing over players I had once been trampled by. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always been a key player on the team. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dog owners out for a stroll would continuously pass by, pulling on leashes and calling out commands to keep their animals from scurrying under the tables and sniffing the ankles and shoes of the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He made lots of noise, fussing with the plants, shifting pots around, turning the volume up, ever so slightly, on the outdoor sounds from the cassette player to cover for the one missing chirp. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Nigro, an expert player of near master strength, sensed potential in the boy, and aware that Bobby was without a father, he assumed a mentoring position. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I gave her little credit for my improvement as a player. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What music is in your CD player right now?” he asked, his face as somber as if he’d asked for a murder confession. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Someone who could tamper with another player’s pulse or even raise the temperature in a room had an unfair advantage. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Clearly my Skull Candy knockoff wire led to no music player. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Then she tilted her head and turned toward the CD player. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Some of the football players are snickering and pointing at her. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Reflecting for a moment, he added, “One thing is certain—I am not going to be a professional chess player.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to become a better marble player before the other fellas will accept you. I’m gonna teach you some tricks.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded eagerly, then bowed to all the players. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They lost in the state finals. The top six players are all returning. They’ll be seniors this year.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was like the best player ever to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“So God will tend the laurels and keep them wet. And I will tend the players and keep them dry. And wiser minds than mine will decide when to bring the two together.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Caleb’s my idea man. More of a coach than a player. Right, buddy?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They are making sure that each player’s calibrations are in sync. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He often reminded people that he was just a low-ranking member of the minority party, a backbench player if there ever was one. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They spent the greater part of the day closeted in the bedroom in hermetic conferences and at dusk they asked for an escort and some accordion players and took over Catarino’s store. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“There’s four teams left in the state of Texas, and the Permian Panthers are one of those four,” Gaines softly told his players moments before it was time to take to the field. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And why did baseball players spend so much time spitting and then making sudden incomprehensible runs? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Now, Quidditch is easy enough to understand, even if it’s not too easy to play. There are seven players on each side. Three of them are called Chasers.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was relegated to the sidelines as a marginal player while Johnny-come-latelies like Hamilton and Madison occupied center stage. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The sound of a brass instruments starts with vibrations of the player's lips. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In this ten-note example from Corelli, all the keyboard player has in front of him or her is the bass line notes, borrowed from the cello player, and those extra numbers above it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“But everybody always talks about what a great cello player she was.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

No football player could fail to recognize what I was experiencing right then. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Chess Federation made a motion to ban him from its organization; and players—and even some of his closest friends—who’d forgiven his 1992 hate mongering in Yugoslavia, were now totally incensed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A player who is six foot eight is not automatically better than someone two inches shorter. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I have trained my player better than that.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Like his father Charlie, he was a good, tough football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was unfair that the coach gave better grades to football players, and he was just trying to even things out. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When we got there, two football players—never to be seen at a party without their jerseys—stood on opposite sides of the gate collecting beer money. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone else in the room, the three gunmen, all seven card players, stared at Bud, waiting for him to stop so the holdup could proceed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ignored me, walked away, and flipped on her CD player. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The players were injected with low levels of a chemical called raclo- pride. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He returned with a check for $1,500, along with a letter of derringer. introduction that would allow him to meet more prominent Southern sympathizers in Maryland who would become key players in his plan. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

What I did not expect to see was a giant metal ball blasting into the gymnasium, scattering players like tenpins. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He was aware of the other players around him, hel- meted and grotesque, creatures from an unknown world. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Fugees played better soccer in the second half, even with one of their most talented players sitting on the bench. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Today there’s no taking a knee for the players who fall. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was the preacher, Miss Love was the pi-ana player, and the both of us made up the congregation. Hit was a real nice service.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In an entire match, a professional tennis player might hit hundreds of serves and double-fault no more than three or four times. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Tom Buchanan could be a Duke lacrosse player, Gatsby a Wall Street derivatives dealer whose life story unravels at the same time his deals do. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I see Mom rear back, like a baseball player in slow motion. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In a few years, I was not only penning columns, I was writing sports books, doing radio shows, and appearing regularly on TV, spouting my opinions on rich football players and hypocritical college sports programs. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They jump from faded paint on the wall to frayed edges on the quilt cover to a David Letterman bobble-head on top of a stack of magazines, on top of an old record player. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In previous seasons, most of the problem players had left or been kicked off the team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, given how terrible I smelled after running laps or doing mountain climbers, or even playing Net Sports with overly aggressive players like Fatty Bolger and Chip Cusumano. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The consensus among fans is that Iverson is one of the top players in the league. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You guys floored me,” she told her players when they had settled down enough to hear her speak. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

While negotiations as to the venue and the prize fund continued, both players went to the mountains to train. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the front door slammed, the record player downstairs mastered the house and Nat King Cole warned the world to “straighten up and fly right.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Permian players ran to the locker room with whoops and hollers, relieved that their ascendancy was safe for another year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The draft to determine this year’s players in the official Warcross championships?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s also likely this was his first serious game of chess against a player with tutored expertise. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Kirk eventually earned an MBA from Auburn University, became a seasoned chess player, a vegetarian, and a marathon runner. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was on the lookout for Wilfred and for more American players to hit with. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned back to me and said, “I hear you’re a great soccer player.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When food is scarce, the Gamemakers will invite the players to a banquet, somewhere known to all like the Cornucopia, as an inducement to gather and fight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s an awesome soccer player and he has a severe Brazil nut allergy. Do you have any Brazil nuts in your lunch? Because they could literally kill him.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Hamlet seized the player’s invisible sword, broke it in half, and cast it to the ground. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There is a lot of attention on the team because they are very good, and they have some really big players. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If a player attempts twenty shots per night, for example, the probability is surprisingly almost 50 percent that he will hit at least four straight baskets sometime during the game. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But over the previous few games, the Dikoris had each displayed speed that made the rest of the players look as though they were running in slow motion. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As the only black player on the squad, I was overly self-conscious at first and performed below par. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coaches’ conference broke up, and the Manatee guy waved his players off the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A team with a Black player—let alone an all-Black team—has never made it through the district tournament. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

They were fast and strong and they talked with relish of knocking opposing players to the ground and making them bleed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friends and advisors reminded him that if he accepted, he’d be the only chess player ever to have a ticker-tape parade, and probably there’d never be another chess player receiving the distinction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some players at the Manhattan Chess Club began huffing that he was a meshuggener—a Yiddish term of disparagement suggesting he was “a little crazy.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He knew owners and ticket sellers and players. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you don't know, you won't make much of a prentice, much less a player." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were convinced that he was continuing to grow as a player, and that unless something were done quickly, he’d smash the Soviets’ hegemony. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering the refusal of the Black Tennis Association to send players to the Open, I said, “I don’t want to be used by white people.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant a payday of $750 for each player, a virtual gold mine for Fischer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd jeered and the boys listened to the voice of the referee, far off and muffled through the cinderblock wall, call a foul against a Calhoun player. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie Billingsley had been the most valuable offensive player in the district when he had played that position his senior year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

An undated eighteenth-century handbill announcing an exhibition of three of Vaucanson’s automata: the flute player, the drummer and the digesting duck. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Do we have a disclosure clause? It would be fair, given my awareness of your choice of player.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was enjoying the players' tales so much that I neglected to undress and remove my makeup. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It was utter folly to have the players enact his father’s murder in the presence of Claudius himself. How is this revenge?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Scott Wasden was born on January 4, within three days of the absolute perfect birthday for an elite hockey player. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Through the wall the piano player bit into an upbeat ditty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as I stand there huddling with the other players, I realize why Coach is late. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being out of the hospital perked up Bobby’s spirits for a while, and he began to feel better, even going to a movie with Sverrisson’s twenty-year-old son, a professional soccer player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody stopped work to listen, though, because Onofre had always been a lousy piano player, even with two hands, and he still tunked out basically atonal numbers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music had stopped, and across the room I saw the sitar player watching us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few players on the Under Seventeens had cars. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the summer, Luma had sent word around that she expected her players to get their hair cut short, a rule that hadn’t gone over well with some of the Under Fifteens’ best players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the event of a tie, the team with the most players in the top five will be awarded today’s first medal, the Libris.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I guess it was hard to compare me to players from the past. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She canceled practices and got the word out to her players not to show up at the field at Indian Creek until further notice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Every night, we’d pop one of them into the DVD player and I’d fall asleep to the sound of some guy with an English accent talking about meerkats or koalas or jellyfish. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He saw Kamaswami, the servants, the banquets, the dice players, the musicians. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too slow to track the other players, or the ball, or even the score. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And the incident became a thing of legend among the smattering of Black softball players across our city. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

All the other basketball players in our school are also on the football or cheerleading teams, which practice on the fields next to the track, but they aren’t practicing yet this early in the morning. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been wrong to say that Gary Edwards abused the rules, because by his own account and those of others there were no rules for football players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a hockey player, isn’t it? That’s why you went to a few of Ellis’s hockey games this year,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the final five feet of a tennis ball’s flight toward a player, the ball is far too close and moving much too fast to be seen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Hope you’ve got a CD player and not just a Walkman.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“That was before Zero threatened you and other players.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Magic Jay, Jimmy L’s secret agent name, was riffed from his favorite basketball player, the legendary Magic Johnson. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

An international grandmaster, he was one of America’s strongest players in the late 1920s and 1930s, when he played in five chess Olympics, winning a number of medals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was a good player—not a champion, since his aim was going off a bit in his old age, but we’d have great fun. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I ignored him and kept glaring at Fang, trying to get him to do the same, seeing how he was the one out the DVD player. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the angry North Atlanta players started hacking away at the Fugees’ shins and ankles, the Fugees brushed them off and scored yet again. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The conga drum player was especially wild, playing insane fill-ins all over the place. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When half a dozen new players trooped out upon the stage, my heart sank into my shoes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bass player and drummer keep on without him, playing ever more furiously. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As befitted the central player in the Constitutional Convention, Madison emphasized the various legal obligations imposed by the compact of 1787. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Back then I thought that someday I might be a professional basketball player. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

First and foremost, Luma needed players who would show up to practices and games on their own, since their parents were too busy to be of much help. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The players were doing calisthenics under a troubled- looking sky. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach had the players join two lines for a two-on-two drill. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His chess prowess and velvet tongue may have blinded some people to his despicable past, proving the adage that sometimes chess players make strange team fellows. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd parts to let him through, the other key player in this drama. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But every single player knew exactly what was supposed to come next. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I stop in my tracks and turn to face him, even though he’s a basketball player and eight inches taller than I am. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was now a tennis player cut off from his roots. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

More of a watcher, he would say, than a player. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Francie was a poor marble player and quickly lost her tickets. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

No other players joined in the protest, because most were guilty of doing the very thing Fischer was opposing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You were the youngest House player in a hundred years, weren’t you, Harry? Weren’t you?” said Colin, trotting alongside him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The horn player said, “Little man, my name is Jimmy Wesley, you can call me Mr. Jimmy.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you challenging me? Because pretty much all I do when I’m at home is play video games. I’m like a professional video-game player.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Though I had been transported by the magic of these players, I had no thought in the world that I could become one of them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine. We’ve got several players who are excellent at solving riddles.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a woman on the phone whom I recognized from some of the basketball games from when I was a fan and not a player. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She was waving her hand like a buxom basketball player. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Moreover, since swing is a technique that is ‘felt’ by the player in performance rather than written down and rehearsed methodically like most of music’s other rhythmic features, its application is deliberately non-standardised. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I guess Paige and Tina want to date football players, so these two will do. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From 1959, when Permian opened, until 1982, there was only one black face on that wall out of pictures of forty-five players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our own mistakes are the reason we’re behind now,” he tells the players in the stuffy, squalid darkness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standing inside a level that few will ever get to see, with some of the most famous players in the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And guys—especially football players like Mitch—wear miniature versions of garters around their arms. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Fischer had publicly announced before the tournament that there might be one player who could defeat him: Bronstein. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Slithering behind her, they sounded like an army of football players shuffling with sandpaper on their cleats. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Each year, Kim said, North Korea would do its best to shuffle its offerings among the major reinsurance players. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“They got a sellout in Marshall,” Caines told his players several days before the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just that she was a woman, and female horn players were rare, as had been the case with Conant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to wonder about a coach who speaks so disparagingly about his player, Reggie. Not exactly the kind of guy you want to mentor kids.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There's a march on your community orchestra's program, but the group doesn't have quite enough trombone players for a nice big march-type sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He takes her hand and kisses it, pretending to be a gentleman and not the thirsty player that he is. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, football players are superstitious creatures of habit.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It said the move was necessary because of a concern that noise from the Permian band would distract the Carter coaches when they tried to talk to their players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the teams sent a player into the Children’s Room. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The players are nervous, and many get into extreme time pressure. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He invented, for example, a player organ: an organ which, like a player piano, automatically played music according to the information conveyed by pins on a turning drum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Luma arranged to use the YMCA’s bus for the evening and called the parents of the Under Thirteen players to let them know that their sons would be home a bit later than usual. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I sat still on the edge of the bed, hands clasped, wanting to tell Amaka that I did not own a cassette player, that I could hardly tell any lands of pop music apart. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As a keeper, he had watched and learned the tricks and moves of successful offensive players, and had noted how the best had worked to keep a goalie off balance. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Each player paid a dollar, with two free entries allowed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Amaka was in the bedroom, lying in bed, listening to music with the cassette player next to her ear. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Several of my players are ranked in the state, so you’ll find plenty of competition. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disbelief is reflected on the faces of the players. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Marv rings me in the evening and orders me to go since everyone voted me best player for ironing out old Mimi. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A number of players, some outcasts or close to homeless but with master-level playing ability, actually lived—on and off—in the house with him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some lady who works at Good Sam with my mother called her a few minutes ago and told her that they had just brought in some kids from Hazelwood— basketball players, she thinks. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

More players were born in January than in any other month, and by an overwhelming margin. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Bobby dragged himself to the phone, and Kissinger started off in his deep, German-accented voice, “This is the worst chess player in the world calling the best chess player in the world.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ben then concentrated on studying the individual players at the other end of the court. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number on the white jersey each girl wore corresponded to that of the player she had been assigned for the football season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story is well known in various versions, and a “habben” play based on it is in the repertory of traveling players east of the Kargav. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the Cabineers roamed through the South, stopping at towns for either prearranged or hastily organized matches, Whitaker as best player would invariably play board one, and Bobby board two. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A player stuck to either side of him, anticipating his every move. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He finished fifteenth, and was awarded a ballpoint pen, perhaps because he was the youngest player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The players finally appear, scattered at opposite ends of the mass of floating islands. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Players of both bowed and plucked strings generally find fingerings and tuning to be easier in sharp keys, while woodwind and brass players often find flat keys more comfortable and in tune. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Whether a lawyer, a doctor, a football player, a toilet cleaner, a garbage handler, a panhandler— keep it real and still— be the best you can be. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They would go back to the old players and tell them that if they weren’t willing to obey the rules, they shouldn’t show up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Here at Booker, she knew there was at least one other Book Scavenger player: Babbage was prowling around somewhere. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“She will win. Do not try to avoid the fact that she is a stronger player than yours and always has been.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some of those players could play with anybody, but the white leagues were off- limits to us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 1:55, we pulled back alongside the field, with three new players, including Fornatee, in the backseat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mandela simply wandered off in the middle of practice, once for no reason and another time to join a pickup game of older players from the neighborhood at the far end of the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When I could see well enough, they brought me a DVD player and a stack of DVDs. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t execute the game plan, Finley. I had to bench you. Would’ve done the same thing to any other player.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” several players said, grateful to hear that Mandela wouldn’t come back into the game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Only four months had passed since his thirteenth birthday and Bobby had become the youngest chess master in history and one of the strongest young players in the country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Although separated in age by almost four decades, the two players became relatively close and remained so for years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cain’s attention was on Celaena as he said, “You were brought here—all of you were. All the players in the unfinished game. My friends,” he gestured to the dead, “have told me so.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And even though I’m not a basketball player, I’m wearing red Under Armour Curry 6 shoes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

From here, I can see Liam and the other football players. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Though there were some good-natured grumbles about the heat, soon enough a field was laid out and players divvied themselves up. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Every time a player leaps from one isle to another, the isle left behind crumbles away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once again, the players seemed to switch personalities as they played, with Petrosian as the aggressor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch hour, the girl soccer players were sitting together in the cafeteria, but Beatrice wasn’t among them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two opposing players reach each other and both swing their arms back to attack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was teased unmercifully by the conquering players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We’re talking the whole way on the train, talky talk, chattering at each other across the aisle of the swaying car like edgy ball players. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We broke the circle, and the starting players took their positions. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The players were mostly the usual guys you expect to see on a ball field, all muscle and shout. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They rigorously studied his opening, middle game, and endings—and filtered classified analyses of their findings to the top Soviet players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha is in love with Dell's large TV and he finds a program where Japanese soccer players use their heads to smash clay pots. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This chess magazine contained theoretical articles and reports on the latest games from around the world, mostly games involving players from the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I dug through my desk until I found my old headphones, and I plugged them into my little CD player. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her players resumed their practice shots, but they seemed distracted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She places the microphone into the bell-shaped speaker of the electrophone, switches on the record player, and the plate begins to spin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I knew him back before...Well, never mind that. I remember he used to listen to a lot of music. He had a record player, like us. He loved jazz music.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

So I grit my teeth and will myself to be a player. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My old cassette player sat in the corner on a little stool. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her players, some of them still strangers to each other, were high-fiving and shouting joyfully at the sky as they ran toward her on the bench. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And the other player had to make up a speech about who they were and why they should be allowed to cross. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Daddy knows how to work the stove. As for stories, I’m not a record player. Keep it up, and it’ll be straight to bed.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never gotten to know this side of him—the basketball player version of him—and in his uniform he looked like someone I didn’t know. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I can adjust the volume and even play DVDs if someone has popped one in the player for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

From the outset, he ran back and forth on his sideline, barking at his players in a hoarse bellow: “Man on! Man on! Drop it! Drop it! Turn! Turn! Turn!” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But now I am a flute player, and maybe Mom is right. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The Eolian is where our long-sought player is waiting in the wings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s the closest they can get to being a football player.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How much do you want for the DVD player?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Carter was the president of The Vigils because the president was always a football player—the muscle someone like Archie needed. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was my father, as he crouched behind the arras, yet another unwilling player in a drama contrived by Claudius? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t a good Scrabble player, but it was better than sitting around the living room staring at one another. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The DVD player whirred and groaned for almost a minute, but the television screen remained blue. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And we are horrible singers, but we sing really loud, so Casey and the other football players couldn’t do anything about it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had to be coach, star player, and cheerleader all in one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the audition, everything went well at first, Bobby and his fellow players answering most of the questions with aplomb. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The players protected their clues more carefully now. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer the Phoenix Riders stay in the championship tournaments, the more time I have to investigate the players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His favorite player is Michael Jordan, but he doesn’t want people to think he’s sweating him. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

His best friend, Derric Evans, was an even better football player than Gary was. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came up to my chest, had muscles that would put a Westlake Academy football player to shame, and now that he was standing up, one of his ears drooped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There were a few low-key rides, and a game in which players threw tennis balls at papier-mâché likenesses of Idi Amin and Richard Nixon. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what he said when he introduced Glenn to the other players?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, though, the match wouldn’t be rendering a judgment on which player’s style was the best. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And he had just taught me a lesson: that shifgrethor can be played on the level of ethics, and that the expert player will win. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When all the players had dressed, they assembled in a small alcove in the back of the locker room where the blackboard hung. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t pick one of the most celebrated players in the sport next time.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Hussein came to a halt, and his expression turned to confusion as the other players ran past him, suddenly quiet. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was hotter than Hendrix—they knew it, and the original guitar player knew it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d been taking guitar lessons since last summer, and my dad, who’s a really good guitar player, had been teaching me all these great guitar licks. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

What’s important is that I’m a player, and they all recognize that. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farther in, a player piano was playing something that was intended to have been Ravel’s “Bolero.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The violin’s absence of frets, which had been a feature of the viola da gamba family and the lute, also allowed its player greater freedom in the tuning and individuality of phrasing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They allowed thousands of players to simultaneously coexist inside a simulated world, which they connected to via the Internet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as I see Jason’s mother’s van drive into the parking lot, I unload my backpack: word cards, sketchbook, colored pencils, CD player, and headphones. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

While her sponsors and hosts argued, Luma tried to focus on her players and their families. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He went completely savage and the Gamemakers had to have him stunned with electric guns to collect the bodies of the players he'd killed before he ate them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, I bring up all the info I can on both players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Numbers and data flicker over each of the players, in and out, then gone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This imbalance provoked criticism for its promotion of the belief that all chess players are seriously addled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But first years never — you must be the youngest House player in about —” “— a century,” said Harry, shoveling pie into his mouth. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I hate football players, especially at Permian,” said senior Shauna Moody. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That “L” word completely catches me off guard, like a player from the other team stealing the ball right as you’re about to make a layup. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Craig was now a junior and a top player on the varsity basketball team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Bobby was almost giddy with delight at notching his first win against one of the strongest players in the world, a former World Champion, the man he’d fantasized about murdering during the 1959 Candidates. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Polyrhythm, as it has since been dubbed, had long existed in African tribal drumming, improvised on the spot by highly intuitive, skillful players, often in various states of trance. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The rest of the players started piling off the bus. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some tallied up numbers like card players: four marks down and one across, like little gates. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He is a baseball player,” said Mrs. Baker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But during the high school all-star football game in July at the Astrodome between players from the north regions of Texas and ones from the south, he had felt an intense pain in his back. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was a high school football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than one of her father's tennis players. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s not the point, Amina. I think I can be the best player on the team. I just need to work harder than everyone else.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But I’ve also woken up in the body of an ice hockey player, a fencer, an equestrian, and once, recently, a gymnast. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Out of the sixteen players here today I have coached six,” she told them. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It took a San Francisco dentist, former pro baseball player and investor named Charles “Doc” Strub to change his mind. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can then sell or trade them to other players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the team meeting Gaines had told the players to ignore the pressure, to put out of their minds how much was at stake and how much the game meant to the people of Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Burger was an accomplished artist and violin player, he was instructed to set up a studio and advertise his services as a commercial artist in the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Jim and Buck and the football players disappeared, almost as if they got sucked up into the ceiling, leaving Quentin and me standing exposed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Luma if he could say something to her players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was a tobacco- chewing roustabout, a superb gambler and pool player and what was then called a ladies’ man. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got into our uniforms and threw the ball around the stage a few times and each player was introduced and got a cheer. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But everyone thought I was hallucinating in thinking I could become a professional tennis player, let alone get to America. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officers of the American Chess Foundation maintained that Reshevsky was the better player, and they arranged to have him prove it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The players began to gather their props, but they were not quick enough for Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When we were finished, some of the football players actually clapped. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The teacher lifted the disc from the player. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

As the contest seesawed, each player acted the role of predator and prey. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I remember that you were a fairly good pool player and I can picture you quite clearly in the Company day room at the pool table. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the statistics, Gaines also thought they would never find a player who was more dedicated or disciplined. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

How the players chose to play those chords could alter from performance to performance; it is a rather non-prescriptive, jazz-like system in that respect. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Most players wouldn’t have been able to dodge it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I should be tan, sporty, blond — a volleyball player, or a cheerleader, perhaps — all the things that go with living in the valley of the sun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They could knock our players flying—Maya, Tino, Henry D., Hernando—all of them were flying through the mud at one time or another. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black makeup is smeared under her eyes like a football player. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Trent served first—he always served first—and we bump-set-spiked back and forth, while I tried to stay out of Trent’s way, because he was a very intense volleyball player. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They came to practice on time, didn’t miss games, studied hard during the afternoon tutoring sessions Luma required her players to attend, and supported their teammates on and off the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

With Boobie lost to the team, Permian, if it was blessed, might have one player sign a scholarship with a Division I school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a player made a move, he depressed a button on top of his clock, which stopped his device and started his opponent’s. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been wrong to say that the players’ behavior posed a constant challenge to authorities, because by their account authorities made no effort to stop them and in many cases protected them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shook hands with the Regis players and then went into the locker room. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The kids in the class had been following this exchange like a crowd watching a tennis match, their eyes going from one player to the other. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

We take the records back to Cordelia’s house and put them on the record player in the living room, and turn up the sound. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A soul tune was blasting out of an eight-track tape player, and all the black women packed between the peeling wooden benches were singing and dancing to the music. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But this was the first time I realized that he was really a prodigy and might become one of the greatest players of all time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A woman I recognized as Reverend Richard’s piano player jostled Mr. Fuller. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He went on to say how he had bragged that “one of the best basketball players at Fisk sank his first ball right here at Lafayette County Training School.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Zebra Room’s swing music and old-time baseball players couldn’t stop time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A lot of players, some mighty good ones, never got the chance at all. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were three players in front of him now. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Dad forgot all this stuff real quick and got excited about showing off the record player. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Shirley, it seems you are not only a good student, but a good baseball player.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the field he was a demon, with a streak of nastiness that every coach loved to see in a football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, thin player came up to the plate, set his feet in correct position, swung his bat a few times, then crouched into a waiting stance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead of the usual one to two hours, speed chess often takes only ten minutes to complete; five minutes or less if the players want to challenge themselves even more. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The players attacked their lines as though afraid that, if they did not keep their words in close order, the audience might throw comments of their own into the breach. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m no great chess player, but I would say not. By starting over, white loses the advantage of going first.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She closes the player and tosses it on the seat. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He stopped one player and spoke to him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he spoke to the players that very first time, he told them to ignore the outside pressure that would inevitably swirl around them during the thick of the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not ten minutes into the game, a Lightning player settled a pass on the wing and sprinted down the line past Kanue and into open space. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A player’s wife agreed to keep an eye on the boy and provide most of his meals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would go on to rewrite that old red record book in dozens of single-game, single-season, and career categories, becoming the most dominant player of his, or any other, generation. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the last time, Gaines gathered the players into a circle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although not illegal, indulging in the so-called grandmaster draw—in which neither player strives to win but, rather, halves the point after a few inconsequential moves have been made—bordered on unprincipled behavior. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He should have one of those things tennis players wear on their heads to catch the sweat,” I said to Lily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He was also a chess player who had a great reverence for the accomplishments of Bobby Fischer and an affection for him as a man. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a mixed bag of political power players and family friends in attendance—including Rafael Luna, who falls under the heading of both. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the small cassette player at the foot of the dresser. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, two clocks are utilized, one for each player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Luma subbed her players frequently, to keep them rested and to see which lineups worked best. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sevens is a scaled-down version of rugby where there are only seven, as opposed to fifteen, players on a team. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In an attempt to find other boys who might want to play with Bobby, Regina wrote to the chess editor of the Brooklyn Eagle to see if he knew of any seven-year-old players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A gifted artist and violin player, he was a radio expert and one of the Army’s best code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As Sander and I walked toward the river, I said, "Do you think that I could actually be a player?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Baseball players generally don’t fare so well in matchups against hockey players.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe here, Magdalys thought, gazing at the laughing card players and the scattered smaller groups chatting at the bar behind them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The two captains who emerged were from Senior 3, though everyone knew Tommy was a better player than any of that year. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stan Smith, tall, lanky and powerfully built, with blond hair and blue eyes, was one of the world’s greatest serve-and-volley players. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was an unwilling player but could not choose to quit the scene. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Luma had promised her players’ parents that she would keep them safe; she wasn’t sure she could keep that promise at Indian Creek. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

By all accounts, Jack did not furnish a single word to assist the poor players, who were forced to invent or to omit whole passages. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It just went to show, you could be a player, but really connecting with a woman took smarts. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A penalty kick is like a free throw in basketball, only better, because the coach picks the player who takes it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dionysus rose, and the invisible players’ cards dropped to the table. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z