How to Use point-shaving in a Sentence
point-shaving
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No evidence of point-shaving was found.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Even if point-shaving is rare, each new revelation reinforces the notion that the system is rigged.
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Mckay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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Access equals information, which is, essentially, how the sausage is made in point-shaving.
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Dana O'Neil,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Gamblers allegedly got players to agree to point-shaving in games from 2022-25; charges include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy.
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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Transfers and car wrecks and injuries and Simeon Cottle — the best player on the team and maybe in Conference USA — being accused of point-shaving.
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Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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After transferring from DePaul, Terry and Nelson continued to participate in the point-shaving scheme.
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Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Nearly 30 years later, Boston College men’s basketball players were caught in a criminal scheme involving point-shaving, and in the 2000s, Arizona State men’s basketball players were involved in a point-shaving plot that became a criminal matter.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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