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Of course, betting on sports rights isn’t a slam dunk.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

The states’ lawsuit offers coherent concerns about the deal’s impact on the film and cable TV marketplaces, but it doesn’t look like a slam dunk, according to antitrust experts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

After leading the offense at Baylor, Carr knows his assignment supporting Doncic with the Lakers will be simpler: cut, run and dunk, he said at his introductory news conference.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Although Victor Wembanyana missed a three-pointer for the Spurs, Stephon Castle's dunk brought them back to 92-90 with 16 seconds remaining.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

I said I would love a chocolate doughnut, and she gave me a glass of cold milk so I could dunk it.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

He soared for dunks and even swished a 3-pointer from the half-court line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Rioux dunks without jumping, a feat highlighted by his first college field goal against Saint Francis in December 2025 and a memorable March Madness moment in 2026 with an offensive rebound and put-back dunk.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

From the opening tip, he rose up for 3-pointers, drove to the rim for dunks and leaned back for fadeaway jump shots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Each of the four competitors are given 90 seconds to complete two dunks — with three attempts per dunk — for a judging panel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

Celia tears a breadstick in half and dunks the cheesy middle into the marinara so hard that sauce spills over the edges of the bowl.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Olivier Rioux, of the Florida Gators, dunked late on as his side beat Saint Francis 102-61 on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

He made 142 3-pointers last season, and he dunked only 91 times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

She invites Hai in, urging him to “Go on, sit. You look like a dunked cookie.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025

Unfazed, Matteo dunked his arms into the oil and felt around for the bones.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

“The facts don’t lie,” I said as Gran repeatedly dunked her tea bag.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Here he is dunking in 2024 before singing with the jazz band.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026

I tore through half a bottle in a week—drizzling it over salads, spooning it onto seafood, and, of course, dunking torn-up hunks of crusty French bread.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

But the dunking spawned the legend of the "Curse of the Colonel" that said the Tigers would never win another title until the effigy was recovered.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

Pickleball may be everywhere, but it’s continuing to mature as a serious sport, and Waters is its Michael Jordan—if Michael Jordan was dunking on Naismith’s peach baskets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

Any noise, at all, would alert Mr. Flux, and though he’d somehow managed to climb from the Eternal Creek, he probably wouldn’t be very nice to the boys responsible for dunking him in it.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles