Sentence examples for today's pairing from inspiring English sources

The debate over the midfield partnership for Saturday is particularly intense, and of today's pairing of Ollie Smith and Gordon D'Arcy, it was the former who looked sharper, though both, almost inevitably, scored tries.

Let's look at what happened yesterday: Breaking Bad (66%) beat True Detective Orange is the New Black (67%) beat Veep House of Cards (66%) beat Mad Men Game of Thrones (78%) whooped The Good Wife Today's pairs are surprisingly suited.

Last year's pairing would have matched Connecticut or West Virginia against Kansas.

This week's pairing: the poem "Lone Egret" by Kathleen M. McCann, and a City Room blog post by Andy Newman about the Harlem Meer.

This week's pairing: the poem "Produce Wagon," by Roy Scheele, and a 2009 City Room blog post, "Cobble Hill Peddler's Death Marks Era's End".

This week's pairing: the poem "After a Rainstorm" by Robert Wrigley and an article by David Carr on a documentary film about the horse whisperer Buck Brannaman.

This week's pairing: the poem "The Water Carriers" by Angelo Giambra and an article from Science Times about a scientist and author who studies bees, "Reports From the Hive, Where the Swarm Concurs".

This week's pairing of Google and YouTube may come to be remembered as the moment "Web 2.0 ie, the web, version two came of age.Until recently, however, the deal seemed unlikely.

Likewise, more recent experiments have included Rolf Harris, who used his appearance to rock out on the Stylophone and last year's pairing of MasterChef's Gregg Wallace and John Torode, who sat side by side in the middle of the set and just bellowed obliviously at each other for half an hour.

This week's pairing is particularly striking - in fact, it is a slap in the face.

They're two of the highest-profile acts the festival has booked yet, following last year's pairing of Morrissey and a last-minute Kanye West, who pinch-hit for Frank Ocean.