Sentence examples for win to maintain from inspiring English sources

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TITANS at CHIEFS Tennessee (7-6) has lost 4 of its past 5 games and must win to maintain any playoff hope.

Though Leicester, at home to Stoke, and Manchester City, away at West Ham, face awkward assignments, Arsenal probably have to win to maintain the hold they have on the top of the table courtesy of goal difference.

Lancashire have Jimmy Anderson and Jos Buttler available for their penultimate game against Sussex at Hove, which they must win to maintain any chance of avoiding a second relegation in three years.

In a game the Nets (31-41) had to win to maintain any reasonable hope of making the playoffs, he turned in perhaps his most mediocre performance since being traded to New Jersey last March.

Though Federer will maintain the No. 1 ranking no matter what the result, he needs to win to maintain the aura he began building in 2003; Nadal, the longest-reigning No. 2 in modern tennis history, wants to prove that he can win a big one on something other than the red clay of Paris.

After all that Durham will feel well in the ascendancy, with the pitch still offering the generous bounce that the England bowlers enjoyed, in a game that Lancashire need to win to maintain a realistic chance of avoiding relegation for the second time in three seasons.

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It's rather like the rankings in tennis - you've got to keep winning to maintain your position.

But Bolton, desperate for wins to maintain their Premier League status, responded with real character and soon levelled.

Hitler became increasingly desperate for results and for propaganda wins to maintain morale.

The top four needed to win and win big to maintain their position and they all did so, all four of them taking bonus-point victories.

The Trojans must not only win, but may need to win impressively to maintain their No. 2 position in the polls and BCS standings in a game that will also serve as an audition of sorts for offensive coordinator Norm Chow.

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