| Early tourney round |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Early tourney round |
Premier Sunday |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Early tourney round |
Universal |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Qualifying round, for short |
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| Early round in a tourney |
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| Qualifying round |
The Times Concise |
12 Oct 2023 |
| Early match |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Early heat, informally |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2023 |
| Early round, briefly |
Universal |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Early match |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2023 |
| Early round, for short |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2022 |
| Early round, for short |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Early tourney match |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Early round, for short |
Universal |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Early heat, informally |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Pre-doctoral exam |
Canadiana |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Initial test — climb some distance while under pressure... |
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| Early bout |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Dec 2021 |
| Early round, for short |
Thomas Joseph |
24 May 2021 |
| Heat at a race |
The Washington Post |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Heat at a race |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Qualifying race at the Olympics, for short |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Qualifying match, informally |
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| English and Latin included in rigidly formal exam |
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| Early round |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Early boxing match, informally |
Universal |
02 Jul 2019 |
| Opening bout, for short |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Opening bout, for short |
The Washington Post |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Qualifying match, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2019 |
| Qualifying match, briefly |
The Washington Post |
26 May 2019 |
| Heat at a meet, for short |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Heat at a meet, for short |
The Washington Post |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Opening bout, for short |
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| Heat at a meet, for short |
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| Early boxing match, informally |
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| Qualifying match, briefly |
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| Entrance examination |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2018 |
| Heat |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2018 |
| Middle-distance runner beginning to puff, upset? Examination needed |
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| Early tourney round |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2018 |
| Heat |
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| Early heat |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2016 |
| Early tourney round |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2016 |
| Qualifying match, informally |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Main-event preceder, briefly |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2016 |
| Opening bout, briefly |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Early tourney round |
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| Main-event preceder, briefly |
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| Qualifying match, informally |
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| Early round |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2015 |
| Bout before the main event |
Jonesin |
24 Nov 2015 |
| A kind of bout, for short |
Canadiana |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Three fail finally in stiff and correct entrance exam |
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| Early tournament match, informally |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2015 |
| Heat, informally |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2015 |
| Fastidious about the Spanish exam |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Jan 2015 |
| Early heat |
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| Heat, informally |
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| Early tournament match, informally |
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| Early round, perhaps |
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| Opening bout, briefly |
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| Tourney starter |
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| Bout before the main event, briefly |
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| Early round |
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| Qualifier |
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| Opening bout, briefly |
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| Event featuring unqualified competition? |
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| Early tourney match |
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| Bout before the biggie |
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| Early match |
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| Main-event preceder, briefly |
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| Event before the main event |
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| Qualifying bout, for short |
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| Main event preceder, briefly |
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| Main event preceder |
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| Earlier contest |
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| Undercard fight, for short |
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| Early match, briefly |
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| Fight before the main fight, briefly |
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| It's before the main event, briefly |
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| Early race or round |
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| It's before the main event, briefly |
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| Heat, for short |
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| Main event preceder, for short |
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| Minor match |
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| Main-event preceder |
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| Early tourney match |
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| Bout before the main event, briefly |
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| Early round, briefly |
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| Qualifying round, informally |
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| Not a heavyweight bout? |
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| Early-round exam |
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| Fight before the main fight |
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| Four-rounder, maybe |
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| Main event preceder |
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| Main-event preceder |
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| Qualifying match |
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| Not the main event, briefly |
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| Early tournament match, for short |
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| Undercard match, for short |
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| Main event opener, briefly |
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| Before the main event, for short |
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| Not the main event |
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| Fight preceder |
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| Early round |
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| Early round |
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| Early round, for short |
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| Early round, for short |
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| Fight preceder |
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| Early game in a tournament |
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| Bout before the main event |
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| Opening bout, for short |
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| It's before the main event |
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| Boxing match |
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| Early round |
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| Early round, perhaps |
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| Heat, of a sort |
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| Early bout |
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| Early bout |
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| Undercard boxing bout |
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| Not the main event |
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| Tournament stage, for short |
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| Secondary sports event |
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| Main-event forerunner |
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| Early boxing match |
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| Heat, of a sort |
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| Main-event warm-up |
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| Bout before the biggie |
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| Boxing bout, for short. |
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| Introductory: Slang. |
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| Qualifying contest, for short |
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| Contest before the main contest |
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