dunk

With Mallory, I just wanted to dunk her in the middle of the thing that she thinks she’s so well versed about.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Will Jordan, his nation's all-time leading try-scorer, streaked off his wing on a superb line to dunk down over the line at the end of 32 draining phases.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

When the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit last December to halt the project, the press corps pushed the litigation as a slam dunk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The goal is actually never to just dunk on people.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

He got the handoff from their center, went up and drove through the dunk.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

His 10 dunks are the most for a Laker since Shaquille O’Neal in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The high-flying wing’s growth this offseason caught the attention of his teammates, who are eager to throw him lobs for dunks and see him sky for rebounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The 7-foot-4 superstar didn’t settle for honing his three-point shot or alley-oop dunks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Wembanyama swished jump shots and soared for alley-oop dunks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

He grabs the ball, gets up close, and dunks it in!

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper

He wasn’t really counting the number of shots he swatted — “one or two” — or lobs he dunked — “like four probably” — in his official Lakers practice debut Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

James tied Abdul-Jabbar’s mark for most regular-season field goals when he dunked off a lob pass from Doncic with 8:33 left in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

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

Father Mike pulled me up into the air again—“and of the Son, Amen”—and dunked me under once more.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

And, notably, they eat Cane’s, whether it’s buying entire orders of just Texas toast or dunking their entire hand into a fountain cup of Cane’s Sauce and licking it off their fingers.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

“It’s kind of like watching LeBron still dunking at 40,” Maynard said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

"It feels like a big undertaking but you're just slicing bread, you're dunking it in some eggs, and calling it a day."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

I persist, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally numbs my blisters.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen