| Early rounds |
Wall Street Journal |
01 May 2025 |
| Round up at the start? |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Early trials, informally |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2021 |
| Main event preceders |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Heats |
New York Times |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Qualifying athletic contests, briefly |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Qualifying bouts, cut |
Universal |
15 Jun 2018 |
| Qualifying bouts, cut |
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| Early tourney rounds |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Early tourney rounds |
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| Olympics events rarely shown in prime time |
New York Times |
25 Sep 2016 |
| Minor matches |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2016 |
| Upset runner in special tests |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Jun 2016 |
| Minor matches |
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| Olympics events rarely shown in prime time |
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| Earlier bouts |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Aug 2015 |
| Tourney rounds |
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| Heats with less buzz, perhaps |
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| Qualifying bouts, for short |
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| Fights before the main event, for short |
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| Fights before the main event, for short |
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| Early rounds |
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| Qualifying bouts |
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| Qualifying bouts, for short |
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| Grad school hurdle |
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| Qualifying bouts, for short |
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| Grad school hurdle |
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| Tourney starters |
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| Early matches, briefly |
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| Qualifying rnds. |
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| They're before the main event |
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| Starts of tourneys |
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| Bouts before the finals, for short |
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| Certain boxing contests: Slang. |
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