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His high-profile targets went on to include the future French president Nicolas Sarkozy in 1997 -- although in that case he had an accomplice lob the actual pie for fear of being recognised.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

“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

Ah, let's just lob the whole trip in the bin.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Who will best slot in alongside Doncic, the heliocentric star who everyone knows thrives when paired with defenders, shooters and lob threats?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

But she doesn’t even return my slow lob.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Doncic hit daring fadeaway three-pointers, threw sky-high lobs to teammates and nailed a dramatic winning shot against the Nuggets at home to add cinematic highlights to his budding most valuable player case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 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

Jodie Burrage, who played doubles with Kartal, joked it was not a surprise to learn the statistic about Kartal's height "given how many lobs went over her head".

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025

Mara threw down a couple of pretty lobs but had just four points in 11 quiet minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

JB lobs the ball, I rise like a Learjet— seventh-graders aren’t supposed to dunk.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton dove deep into his housing platform and lobbed a few attacks at his Democratic opponent, Xavier Becerra, during a town hall with Los Angeles news outlets Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Their comments, in many ways, sought to address the criticism that has been lobbed at the museum since it held its press preview a few weeks back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Rival Stripe and private-equity firm Advent International had lobbed an offer to buy all of PayPal valued at about $60.50 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Now, one of its rivals has lobbed a buyout offer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

He picked up his little foam basketball and lobbed some hook shots into the net hanging from the back of his door.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Nicknamed "the Glooper" for his cries of "Gloop! Gloop!" after each strike, Godin spent more than three decades lobbing pies at rich and famous targets he felt needed bringing down a notch.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

One video, which his campaign said neither he nor formal surrogates made, portrayed him as Batman lobbing tomatoes at Bass, who was dressed as the Joker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

“The RSF can’t project force any other way right now, so they’re lobbing drones like aerial IEDs,” said Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

Frank tried to imagine staying here with Iris, putting on a R.O.F.L. shirt, selling crystals and dream catchers to demigod travelers and lobbing gluten-free cupcake simulations at passing monsters.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan