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“lost Kolby Allard to a season-ending injury”
“Total rainfall of nearly three feet (one meter) was expected on the higher windward slopes”
“won 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-4) in two hours and 34 minutes against Duckworth in Ohio”
“2-6, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Argentina’s Thiago Agustín Tirante in the Serb’s first match at the Cincinnati Open.”
“National Hurricane Center warned that wind speeds atop mountains and on the windward and leeward slopes are often up to 30% stronger than the near-surface winds used to categorize storms”
“ranked 114th in the world before the start of the tournament”
“3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a two-hour, 35-minute contest.”
“More than 130,000 households were without power Sunday morning across Hawaii's three largest islands, according to the utility tracker poweroutage.us”
“lost 2-6 6-4 6-4 to Tirante”
“extended Zverev’s record to 8-0 in his head-to-head against Norrie.”
“At least three hospitals were operating on generator power, Gov. Josh Green said”
“the world number five”
“18-minute third game game of the second set, saving four break points across nine deuces.”
“At least one person died in a car accident in the South Point area of the Big Island, while 19 roofs were lost in the 'enormous storm,' the governor said Saturday evening”
“ranked 50th in the world”
“As for Djokovic, he now has two weeks to regroup before the start of the U.S. Open on Aug. 30.”
“our crews have already been out to more than 30 sites”
“Djokovic, 39”
“Djokovic won his last major at the 2023 U.S. Open.”
“As of 2 a.m. Sunday in Hawaii, Lala was centered about 105 miles (170 kilometers) west-northwest of Kailua-Kona and about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Honolulu, with tropical-storm-force winds extending as much as 175 miles (280 km)…”
“Novak Djokovic has won the Cincinnati Open three times”
“the 39-year-old Djokovic”
“Lala was sustaining top winds of 70 mph (110 kph) and moving northwest at about 15 mph (24 kmh)”
“Seeded 32nd in Cincinnati”
“24-time major champion”
“By the time Lala's completely gone, some higher-altitude places on the Big Island, dominated by the towering Mauna Kea volcano, will have been hit with as much as 35 inches (89 centimeters) of rain, forecasters said, enough to loosen steep…”
“never failed to reach at least the last 32 of the tournament in Ohio since making his debut in it in 2005”
“Former Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star pitcher Tommy John has died at 83.”
“some of the 210,000 islanders live off the grid in improvised housing”
“The magnitude 7.7 quake struck the island of Flores shortly before 05:00 (22:00 GMT on Friday) and had a depth of 15km, Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency stated.”
“In 1974, a star Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher underwent a pioneering, four-hour operation at the hands of Dr. Frank Jobe.”
“The hurricane center predicted 8 to 12 inches (20.3 to 30.5 centimeters) of total rainfall across Maui and the lower elevations of the Big Island, and 4 to 6 inches (10.2 to 15.2 centimeters) across the island chain”
“Preliminary data shows that 24 fatalities had been recorded there”
“Tommy John, who spent seven seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers and became one of the defining pitchers of his generation, died Sunday at 83.”
“more than 140 people died”
“17 deaths were recorded in East Manggarai province”
“a career that stretched across six organizations and 26 seasons.”
“most of the over 70,000 migrants who crossed into Ceuta the week of July 27 are back in Morocco”
“three in Sikka province”
“Thank you to all the fans who supported me and my teammates for 26 years," he added.”
“territory of roughly 7 square miles”
“at least one in each of the Ngada, Ende and West Manggarai provinces”
“his 24-year career in which he became the world’s highest paid athlete.”
“5-mile long double fence, as tall as 30-feet”
“At least two others had been seriously injured and 11 slightly injured.”
“We estimate Ronaldo’s net worth is $1.2 billion.”
“we are talking about a minimum of 8,000 people”
“The BNPB said aid was being sent to the affected areas with 10,500 packages arriving at the base operations so far.”
“made an estimated $300 million in income last year.”
“nearly 6,000 having now received medical attention”
“more than 150 houses had been severely damaged”
“Al‑Nassr, which is reportedly paying him an estimated $235 million annually.”
“the Italian government spent $14.9 million at a New York auction to bring another Antonello work, called Ecce Homo, back home.”
“The earthquake struck around 600 miles (1,000km) away from Bali”
“he became the first athlete in history to gross $2 billion in career earnings before taxes and agent fees while still playing his sport.”
“The work originally had six panels, but one was destroyed along with the monastery that housed it in the 1908 Messina earthquake.”
“While a tsunami warning was initially issued - leading some 2,000 people to self-evacuate - it was lifted around three hours after the initial jolt”
“winning five Ballon d’Or awards”
“Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career”
“Around 5,000 people have been displaced by a powerful earthquake in Indonesia that has caused at least 53 fatalities.”
“first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him”
“341 subsequent aftershocks, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said.”
“He was 83.”
“more than 900 homes and hundreds of other buildings have been severely damaged by the tremor and 341 subsequent aftershocks, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said.”
“He died at his home in Bradenton, Fla., on Saturday night”
“Abdul Muhari, deputy for the BNPB, confirmed 25 deaths had been recorded there, as well as 20 fatalities in East Manggarai province, four in Sikka province, two in Ende and at least one person in both the Nagekeo and West Manggarai provinc…”
“He had been in hospice care”
“A total of 3,356 people had been displaced in Sikka, with a further 2,078 evacuated in Manggarai, the agency said.”
“On Aug. 8, the New York Yankees released a social media post in which John wrote that he wanted to say goodbye to everyone”
“Thirty-six people were seriously injured in East Nusa Tenggara province, while 77 suffered minor injuries, Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus said.”
“I will never forget you.”
“While a tsunami warning was initially issued - leading some 2,000 people to self-evacuate - it was lifted around three hours after the initial jolt, when no significant sea level rise was detected.”
“The Yankees called John "a bedrock of our rotation during his time in pinstripes and a longtime favorite of Yankees fans."”
“shallow magnitude 7.7 quake”
“John was a four‑time All‑Star with a record of 288-231 and a 3.34 ERA during a career that stretched from 1963 to 1989”
“Amy Hunt won her third gold medal of a potential historic quadruple and Dina Asher‑Smith earned a spot in the record books as Great Britain's 4x100m relay stars put on a show at the European Championships.”
“He pitched for Cleveland, the Chicago White Sox, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Yankees, the California Angels and the Oakland Athletics”
“Tommy was an exceptional pitcher throughout his career in Major League Baseball, and his courageous role in becoming the first to have surgery that would go on to bear his name can't be overstated”
“The left-hander was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974”
“Jobe gave the surgery 100-to-1 odds of being successful”
“More than 2,600 big leaguers and thousands more amateurs have since had UCL reconstructions”
“In 2019, Merriam-Webster added the term to its dictionary”
“John donated the original cast from his surgery to the Smithsonian Institution in June 2022”
“John was hospitalized in December 2020 because of COVID-19 and later had Guillain-Barré syndrome”
“John told the New York Post in May 2022 that he was paralyzed in his lower extremities for several months”
“John and his wife Sally Simmons had four children: Tamara, Tommy III, Travis and Taylor, who died of a prescription drug overdose at 28 in 2010”
“The couple divorced in 2013”
“John recorded 2,245 strikeouts”
“John had the second-most wins of any pitcher since 1900 not to be elected to the Hall of Fame”
“From 1995 through 2009, John was on the Hall of Fame ballot, but he never received more than 31.7% of the votes”
“Known for his longevity, John was the opening day starter for both the 1966 Chicago White Sox and the 1989 New York Yankees”
“He won 124 games before his UCL repair and 164 after”
“John made his major league debut on Sept. 6, 1963”
“He was traded to the White Sox in 1965”
“He tied for the American League lead with five shutouts”
“In 1967, his six shutouts led the AL”
“In 1974, John had a 13-3 record and led the National League in victories going into the All-Star break”
“Some parts of the state received more than 11 inches of rainfall over three days, beginning Aug. 11, according to a preliminary report issued by the National Weather Service.”
“Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett on Saturday said on social media that the city is experiencing "its most severe flooding in 30+ years."”
“More than 128,000 people across the state were without power as of Sunday afternoon, according to NIPSCO.”
