nil-nil

At the break this is nil-nil, but perhaps the Coastal groove will jell into beauty if I give it long enough.

Pop World Cup 2010: Round of 16 Match 8 – Spain 1 Cote d’Ivoire 0 | FreakyTrigger 2010

It's none of the usual explanations: lots of scoring being better than endless nil-nil draws—I've been to cricket matches in which 1,000 runs were scored and you could hardly call them riveting.

Football Is Better Than Soccer Gerard Baker 2011

Ascension came in the 117th minute of a 120-minute overtime game, til then a non-scoring, nil-nil slugfest, when Andres Iniesta, reputed the epitome of the good guy, received a bouncing ball and, with exquisite poise, found the proper angle from which to fire the notoriously unpredictable Jabulani where the Dutch goalkeeper wasn't.

Carla Seaquist: World Cup Final: Finally, the Good Guys Win 2010

Of course nil-nil is not an American foreign policy, or wasn't until we got a president with a suspiciously foreign name.

A Modest Proposal for Improving a Dull Game P.J. O'Rourke 2010

That is indeed priceless ... and I can see why a lot of people get annoyed with the ties, especially when they end up nil-nil!

Hulu Plus: Why in the world would anyone pay for this? Reel Fanatic 2010

Three days into our World Cup sojourn, and the score is nil-nil in my battle with Steve Goff to become first to spot all of South Africa's Big Five, in person.

Stalking the Big Five 2010

Ninety minutes of running up and down the nicely mowed lawn with the final score of nil-nil!

Roger I. Abrams: World Cup Fever 2010

(Although this idea might find some support at IU lately.) "Nil-nil" is not a sports score, "nil-nil" is a foreign policy.

A Modest Proposal for Improving a Dull Game P.J. O'Rourke 2010

After Italy's stolid play won the 2006 Cup, defense and caution the stuff of nil-nil stalemates was in.

A Fun, Creative Germany 2010

Also, add body slams, get rid of useless nil-nil ties and play on an extremely steep slope.

A Modest Proposal for Improving a Dull Game P.J. O'Rourke 2010