| Suboptimal effort in a sporting event |
Universal |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Second-best effort, to a coach |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Mediocre effort |
Universal |
04 Sep 2025 |
| What a tired athlete might bring to a competition |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Second-best effort |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Second-tier effort |
Universal |
22 May 2025 |
| Not one's best effort |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Suboptimal athletic effort |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Less than your best effort |
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| Subpar athletic effort |
USA Today |
16 May 2024 |
| Not a player's best effort |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Less than one's best, in sports lingo |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Suboptimal performance, to a coach |
Universal |
15 Jul 2023 |
| It's not one's best performance |
New York Times |
19 May 2023 |
| Athlete's second-best effort |
Universal |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Mediocre effort |
New York Times |
16 Mar 2023 |
| What the A-team shouldn't bring |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Dec 2022 |
| So-so effort |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2022 |
| Not a team’s best effort, in sports lingo |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Not one's best effort, in sports lingo |
Premier Sunday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Subpar athletic effort |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2021 |
| So-so effort, in sports |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2021 |
| So-so effort, in sports |
The Washington Post |
11 Feb 2021 |
| Not quite one's best effort |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Not one's best effort, in sports |
New York Times |
08 May 2018 |
| Not one's best effort, in sports |
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| Not one's best effort, in coachspeak |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2016 |
| Not one's best effort, in coachspeak |
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| Not one's best effort |
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| Less-than-spectacular effort |
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