Big congrats to @austin_hurwitz and team on the milestone!! 🚀🚀
Freddie Freeman just hit a bomb to score 4 unanswered runs. What a disaster for the Yankees.
A team losing a game is not a "disaster."
Home runs are homers, not "dingers," "jacks" or "bombs."
A player scored 10 straight points, not 10 "unanswered" points.
If a football team scores two touchdowns and the opponent doesn't come back, say it "never trailed" rather than "never looked back."
In short, avoid hackneyed words and phrases, redundancies and exaggerations.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
AP using the word "disaster" for a sports loss:
apnews.com/article/soccer…
AP using the phrase "unanswered points":
apnews.com/article/orange…
"McGwire got there first and finished with 70 dingers."
apnews.com/article/mlb-ho…
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Polynesians represent one-third of 1% of the U.S. population, yet 15% of the top 20 players selected during this year’s @nfl draft are of Polynesian ancestry. 🌴🤙🏻
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Seattle is ready.️⚽️
@LumenField will play host to 6 matches, including a @USMNT group stage match, during the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup!
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Greatest Skol Chant + Gjallahorn sounding of all time.
@KirkCousins8
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Larry Kindbom Announces Retirement After 35 Years on Football Staff
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It’s tough to see some of the images coming out of Hawai’i — a place that’s so special to so many of us. Michelle and I are thinking of everyone who has lost a loved one, or whose life has been turned upside down.
If you’d like to help, you can do so here.
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