English football commentary: Here comes the cross. Goal!
Arabic football commentary: The ball is caressed into the box like a mother rocking her child to sleep. It hits the back of the net with the force of a cannon-ball, a rocket fired from the heavens. Pele, are you watching this from on high?
A writer talking to their characters after starting a big structural edit.
(Yes, the writer is me)
Banning referees. Banning fans. Banning team members. Border police searching players' phones and subjecting them to hours-long interrogations. What kind of World Cup is this? And for all those who were outraged by Qatar, why won't you speak up now about the US? 🤔
Egypt 2920: The new New Administrative Capital has just finished completion. Robot President Fulan Al-Fulani has announced peace talks to halt the war between Cairo's driverless cars and Tuk-tuk gangs. In the North, the mer-people of Port Said make their plans...
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