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lob

[lob] / lɒb /


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“No one has a right to lob unfounded accusations without a response. Director Patel, as well as any Trump administration official, has a right to defend themselves,” the FBI said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Thiero came back in the game in the fourth quarter and threw down another lob dunk.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

With Centre Court still reeling from Gauff's scarcely believable miss, the tables turned quickly and Muchova brought up her first match point with a perfectly placed lob that left Gauff stranded at the net.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Marcus Smart tried a lob to Ayton, but the center couldn’t corral the pass.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

But she doesn’t even return my slow lob.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

There's actually two Spurs players on the line and he still lobs it into the goal.

From BBC May 19, 2026

The rally - full of extraordinary drop shots, lobs and smashes - will take some beating this year.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

He then dominated the tie-break, capitalising on a run of backhand errors from Alcaraz and executing a couple of pinpoint lobs, to seal the first set.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2025

The Lakers see Ayton as a lob threat alongside Doncic, which worked well in Phoenix when Chris Paul was throwing lobs to Ayton when they reached the NBA Finals.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2025

He lobs a rock the size of his fist over the cliff and waits.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Ismael Saibari's lobbed finish was gorgeous and too much for Liverpool's Alisson.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

In December, Ellison lobbed in his sixth bid, saying Paramount had offered a package that covered all the issues Warner had raised, including the need for “strong cash value” and “speed to close.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 28, 2026

I was a fresh-faced high school senior, living out the prime of my teenage youth in an increasingly progressive world where fundamentalist doomsday prophecies were lobbed around in jest.

From Salon Dec. 21, 2025

Two days later, they lobbed a missive at Warner: “WBD appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction process,” Paramount’s lawyers wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2025

It was a bombshell casually lobbed across the Atlantic.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

But so far she hasn’t stumped for him, instead lobbing veiled criticisms of Talarico’s efforts to win over Black voters.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

We need to cultivate the investment equivalent of lobbing the ball back to the other side, which Ellis argued in most cases will be buying and holding a broad market index fund.

From MarketWatch May 11, 2026

But other Indiana lawmakers denied they’d ever received that threat, and the Trump White House—which isn’t shy about lobbing threats—has not publicly said anything along those lines.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

And McLean capped the evening off by lobbing Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel from inside his own half, having come off the bench to replace the injured Ben Gannon-Doak in the first half.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2025

“Right,” said Harry, crumpling up his first attempt and lobbing it over the heads of a group of chattering first years into the fire.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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