How to Use play host to in a Sentence
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Along the rest of the street, apartments and ski lodges are playing host to pretty much the entire Tour de France peloton.
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Chris Marshall-Bell,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
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There’s no guarantee Lawrence will ever play host to a foreign national soccer team’s World Cup base camp again.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
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Kansas City plays host to two, a Round of 32 contest on Friday and a quarterfinal after that.
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Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
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The LoC also plays host to Carl Sagan’s old whiteboard, a 160-year-old wedding cake, and at least one packet of cocaine.
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Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
1 July 2026
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The Current, which is playing host to the Netherlands' team during the World Cup, sent staff to help at the camp where Garbowski was working.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
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On Friday, Kansas City (Arrowhead) Stadium will play host to a game between Ghana and Colombia.
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Pj Green
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
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Philadelphia, the birthplace of America, is playing host to thousands of visitors and a number of events as the country celebrates 250 years over the Fourth of July weekend.
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Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
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In 2013, Sporting KC played host to the MLS All-Star Game and then won the MLS Cup.
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Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
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And the stadium has played host to other sports and events, too, such as college soccer, including the NCAA Division I women’s Final Four.
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Pj Green
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
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Golden State will play host to the eighth-annual California Classic Summer League at Chase Center on July 3, 5 and 6, in San Francisco.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
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For the second time in three years, Sacramento will play host to a dual California Classic The Warriors will have a second summer team head to Sacramento to compete against Brooklyn, Milwaukee and Sacramento on July 4-6.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
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Its reputation was solidified four years later when FIFA announced Kansas City had been awarded the right to play host to six games, including a 2026 World Cup quarterfinal on Saturday, July 11.
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Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
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