cry off

His sound inched closer to country instrumentation, like on 2022’s “Why Can’t Cowboys Cry?” off “Cowboys Live Forever, Outlaws Never Die” on the indie Empire, though nothing hit the Hot 100 or country charts.

"But he's had to cry off now. I've had to get another coach in. I knew what he's like, he'd be saying 'I can't let Gav down' so I rang him straight away to say, 'you're going to Lord's!'"

When they achieve the right balance of historic preservation and modern amenities, Ms. Crestin said, Mr. Knight has been known to cry off camera.

“Every time I would call my mom, FaceTime her and had to let her go, you could kind of tell she was upset. I definitely knew she’d cry off the phone.”

But the confluence of the U.S. team taking off, becoming a juggernaut on the field and a rallying cry off it — as well as the recognition that the women’s competition is every bit as compelling as the men’s game — has helped Fox to give the tournament more visibility.