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But the Lightning blew a golden opportunity in front of their home crowd in Game 5, falling behind early for the fourth time in the series and having to chase the game in an eventual 3-2 loss.—Eduardo Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026 Not every rush sets up a golden opportunity.—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026 Far from treating this attack as a symbolic one-off, Netanyahu viewed it as a golden opportunity to throw the previous diplomatic arrangements into the paper shredder and authorized yet another Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon.—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 Yurov had a golden opportunity to give Minnesota its first lead near the midway point of the game with a breakaway from the far blue line, but he was foiled by a left pad save.—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for golden opportunity